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Wollishofen

Quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland

Summary

Quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland

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official_name	Wollishofen
settlement_type	Quarter
image_flag	CHE Wollishofen Flag.svg
image_shield	CHE Wollishofen COA.svg
image_map	Karte Quartier Wollishofen.png
map_caption	The quarter of Wollishofen in Zurich
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Switzerland
subdivision_type1	Canton
subdivision_name1	Zurich
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_name2	Zurich
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	2
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Wollishofen is a neighbourhood in Zürich's 2nd district, situated in the eastern foothills of Uetliberg. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. As of 2025, the neighbourhood has a population of 21,800 distributed on an area of 5.78 km2.

Geography

Aerial view from 400 m by [[Walter Mittelholzer]] (1919). Today's [[Rote Fabrik]] is in view at the shoreline.

Located between the Sihl river and Lake Zurich, it forms the southern boundary of the city on the left bank of the lake. The lake occupies 28.5% (1.64 km2) of the total area of the district. To the south, Wollishofen borders the municipalities of Adliswil and Kilchberg.

Werkbundsiedlung Neubühl

A New Objectivity estate constructed between 1930 and 1932. The architects involved include Max Haefeli, Alfred Roth, Emil Roth, Carl Hubacher, Rudolf Steiger, Werner Max Moser and Paul Artaria.

Transport

Wollishofen is located on the A3 motorway, and on tram route 7 of the Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich. Zürich Wollishofen railway station is a stop on line S8 and S24 of the Zürich S-Bahn or Bus-Line 72.

The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) and its ship yard are located in Wollishofen.

Culture

Zürcher Theater Spektakel, an international theater festival ranking among the most important European festivals for contemporary performing arts, is held annually in August on the Landiwiese lakeshore and on the Saffa-Insel. The cultural centre Rote Fabrik is also located in Wollishofen, as well as Lydia Escher's former home, the Villa Belvoir.

Education

International schools:

SIS Swiss International School

Sport

The neighbourhood's football club is FC Wollishofen. Their stadium, located on Zürichstrasse, is called Sonnau. As of 2020–21, the team plays in the 2. Liga Region Zürich, the sixth tier of football in Switzerland.

Notable people

Walter Andreas Müller (born 1945), actor and comedian, born and raised in Zürich.

References

Gallery

File:Zürich - Strandbad Mythenquai IMG 1866.JPG|Strandbad Mythenquai File:ZSG - Werft - Flotte IMG 1852.JPG|ZSG ship yard File:Wollishofen um 1880.jpg|Wollishofen (1880) File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Rote Fabrik IMG 1018.JPG|Rote Fabrik, seen from Lake Zurich File:Zürich - Wollishofen IMG 1014.JPG|Harbour, community center, and Albis hills and Felsenegg in the background File:Zurich Be 4-6 Mirage 1652 Morgental.jpg|Tram stop Morgental File:WollishoferChläuse01.JPG|Wollishofer Chläuse (2007) File:Theaterspektakel IMG 4046.JPG|One of the numerous acts at Zürcher Theater Spektakel (2009) File:Zürich - Fallätsche IMG 0202.JPG|So-called Fallätsche (Albis hills) File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Neue Kirche IMG 0653.JPG|New church Wollishofen File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Alte Kirche IMG 0674.JPG|Old church seen from New church Wollishofen File:Zürich - Wollishofen - Alte Kirche IMG 0677.JPG|Chur bell of 1702

References

Illi, Martin. (31 May 2017). "Wollishofen".
(3 July 2025). "Quartierspiegel Wollishofen". Statistik Stadt Zürich.
[https://neubuehl.ch/werkbundsiedlung/architektur/ Werkbundsiedlung, Architecture]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20101021071836/http://www.neubuehl.ch/index.asp?seite=9 Memento]
"Theaterspektakel". Theaterspektakel.ch.
[https://fcwollishofen.ch/1-mannschaft/ FC Wollishofen official website]
[https://www.fvrz.ch/fussballverband-region-zuerich/vereine-fvrz/verein-fvrz.aspx/v-1598/t-39145/ls-19149/sg-55641/a-trr/ FC Wollishofen] - Fussballverband Region Zürich]

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