Zurich District Explained

47.3833°N 40°W

Official Name:	Zurich District
Native Name:	Bezirk Zürich
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type2:	Canton
Subdivision Type3:	Capital
Subdivision Name3:	Zurich
Area Total Km2:	87.78
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Blank Name Sec1:	Municipalities
Blank Info Sec1:	1

Zurich District is a district (German: [[Bezirk]]) of the Swiss canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

History

In 1814, the former district of Zürich was established including the municipalities – "Landgemeinden des Bezirks Zürich" (country municipalities) – surrounding the old city of Zürich, the so-called Altstadt. The district of Zürich as it exists today, was created on 1 July 1989, by splitting the former district of Zürich into three parts:

• The western part became the district of Dietikon;
• the eastern part became the district (respectively city) of Zürich with its subdivisions;^[1]
• the municipality of Zollikon located east of Zürich was integrated into the district of Meilen.

Therefore, since 1 July 1989, the district of Zürich (SFOS number 0112) shares the same area as the city of Zürich (0261) with its subdivisions totalling (as of) inhabitants on an area of 87.78km2.

From June 12, 2023, the services of the registration office will still be offered at three central locations: in the Stadthaus, at Oerlikon train station and at Helvetiaplatz. All locations are now available to Zurich residents regardless of where they live. This completes the process of gradually merging the originally twelve district offices, which started in 2017.

Municipalities (subdivisions) of the district of Zürich

Since 1893 respectively 1934 the city of Zürich as well as the district of Zürich are formed by the old city of Zürich (Altstadt) and by a total of 19 former politically independent municipalities:

CoA	Name	Merger	District
	Affoltern	1934	11
	Albisrieden	1934	9
	Altstadt	1893	1
	Altstetten	1934	9
	Aussersihl	1893	4 and 5
	Enge	1893	2
	Fluntern	1893	7
	Hirslanden	1893	7
	Höngg	1934	10
	Hottingen	1893	7
	Oberstrass	1893	6
	Oerlikon	1934	11
	Riesbach	1893	8
	Schwamendingen	1934	12
	Seebach	1934	11
	Unterstrass	1893	6
	Wiedikon	1893	3
	Wipkingen	1893	10
	Witikon	1934	7
	Wollishofen	1893	2

Mergers and exclusions

• 1871: Schwamendingen excluded → Oerlikon^[2]
• 1893: Merger of Aussersihl, Enge, Fluntern, Hirslanden, Hottingen, Oberstrass, Riesbach, Unterstrass, Wiedikon, Wipkingen, Wollishofen and Altstadt → City of Zürich^[2]
• 1931: Merger of Niederurdorf and Oberurdorf → Urdorf^[2]
• 1934: Merger of Affoltern, Albisrieden, Altstetten, Höngg, Oerlikon, Schwamendingen, Seebach, Witikon and Zürich → City of Zürich^[2]
• 1986: Zollikon excluded → Meilen District^[2]
• 1989: Exclusion of the then remaining 13, excluding the city of Zürich, municipalities → Dietikon District^[2]
• 2023: All twelve districts have been merged into 3 central offices

See also

• Municipalities of the canton of Zürich

References

https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/prd/de/index/ueber_das_departement/medien/medienmitteilungen/2023/maerz/230314a.html

Notes and References

1. The former 19 independent municipalities of 1893 and 1934, now called districts (German: Kreise), too, form the subdivisions of the city of Zürich. Their subdivisions are called quarters (German: Quartiere).
2. Web site: Eingemeindete Dörfer (Gemeindearchive). Präsidialdepartement Stadt Zürich. de. 2015-01-15.