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Uetliberg

Mountain in the Swiss plateau

Summary

Mountain in the Swiss plateau

Field	Value
native_name	de
photo	Uetliberg - Wollishofen - Zürichhorn 2012-09-27 16-15-12.JPG
photo_size	285
photo_caption	View from Lake Zurich (east side)
elevation_m	870
prominence_m	143
prominence_ref
isolation_km	6.9
isolation_ref
parent_peak	Bürglen
pronunciation
map	Switzerland
map_caption	Location in Switzerland
location	Zurich, Switzerland
range	Albis
coordinates
topo	Swisstopo
easiest_route	Uetliberg railway

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Aerial view by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1919)

The Uetliberg (also known as Üetliberg) is a mountain in the Swiss plateau, part of the Albis chain, rising to 870 m. The mountain offers a panoramic view of the entire city of Zürich (to the northeast of its summit), Zürichberg and Lake Zurich (both to the east), and lies on the boundary between the city of Zurich and the municipalities of Stallikon and Uitikon in the canton of Zurich. The summit, known as Uto Kulm, is in Stallikon.

At the summit, there is the Hotel Uto Kulm, together with two towers. One of these is a look-out tower (access costs , rebuilt 1990), whilst the other is the 186 m tall Uetliberg TV-tower (rebuilt 1990).

Transport

The summit is accessible year-round by train from Zurich. Uetliberg railway station lies some 812 m from, and 68 m below, the summit of the Uetliberg. It is the upper terminus of the Uetliberg line from Zurich Central Station (Zürich HB), which is operated by Zurich S-Bahn service S10. Trains usually run every half-hour, taking 20 minutes. At Zürich HB, trains depart from the subsurface station.

Hiking and biking

There are numerous walking paths leading up to the top from Albisgüetli, or Albisrieden, with frequent water fountains and camping spots. Uetliberg also has a downhill mountain bike track which starts in the camping area at the top of the mountain and finishes next to Triemli railway station, also served by the S10. A panoramic footpath leads along the crest of the Albis ridge to Felsenegg, from where the Adliswil-Felsenegg cable car connects to Adliswil and the S4 S-Bahn service in the valley below.

Name

The Uetliberg gives its name to the Zurich-based Uto section of the Swiss Alpine Club, and hence to the Uto Peak in the Selkirk Mountains of Canada, which was first climbed by members of the Uto section.

Gallery

File:Uetliberg Aussichtsturm.jpg|Uetliberg look-out tower. File:Uetliberg TV Tower 2022-11-26.jpg|Uetliberg TV-tower. File:Albis - Uetliberg IMG 3314.JPG|Uto Kulm (Top of Zurich) with observation and TV-tower. File:Alps 006.jpg|Panoramic composite image of the Swiss Alps from the top of the Uetliberg (facing south). File:Pano-Zurich-City-From-Uetliberg-View.jpg|View from the Uetliberg of Zurich, looking east File:Uetliberg LCD.jpg|Panoramic view from the top of the observation tower next to the Uto Kulm hotel. File:Sendeanlage Uetliberg ZH.jpg|Aerial view 1990 File:Uetliberg from Felsenegg.jpg|Uetliberg over a sea of clouds as seen from Felsenegg

Notes

References

(2013). "Uetliberg". Swiss Federal Office for Topography -– swisstopo.
''Pierer's Universal Lexikon'' (1864), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ft9w4XVbe18C&pg=PA322 p. 322].
[[Johann Stumpf (writer)
Siegwart, Josef. (1962). "Die Chorherren- und Chorfrauengemeinschaften in der Deutschprachigen Schweiz vom 6. Jahrhundert bis 1160".
{{HLS. 8789. Uetliberg. Andreas Zürcher. (2013-11-13)
"Uetliberg". myswitzerland.com.
"Uetliberg observation tower". Uto Kulm AG (Hotel/Restaurant).
"Portrait". SAC Uto Section.
"Uto Peak". Bivouac.com.

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