Switzerland Travels Itinerary 11 Zurich

Switzerland Travels Itinerary 11 Zurich

Zürich is the largest city in the Swiss Confederation (in 2012, with a population of about 380,000, an urban population of nearly 1.1 million, and a population of 1.9 million in the Zurich metropolitan area, including the suburbs), the capital of the canton of Zurich.  Zurich is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural center (Switzerland's political center and capital in Bern).  Zurich is a representative city of the Swiss banking industry, one of the world's financial centers, UBS, Credit Suisse and many private banks are based in Zurich.  Zurich International Airport is the largest airport in Switzerland.  The headquarters of the International Football Association is also located in Zurich.  According to some surveys conducted in 2006  and 2007, Zurich ranked first in the world in the world's best residential city in the past two years.  The name "Zurich" may be derived from the "Turus" in the Celtic language. A strong evidence is the discovery of the romanized form of the ancient city's name on the epitaph of the Roman Empire during the 2nd century unearthed in the Western Empire.  "Turicum".

History

During the Roman period of the Roman Empire, Zurich (when its Latin name was Turicum) belonged to the empire of the Belgian Gaul province (since the year 90), in the province and the province of Upper Germania.  The main collection point for goods transported to the Empire through the Limmat waterway on the border of the border.  It is said that in 835, the grandson of Charlie the Great, the king of the Frankish Empire, King Louis II of the Eastern Frankish Kingdom rebuilt a castle of the Carolingian dynasty on the site of an ancient Roman castle in the area (Latin: "in castro Turicino iuxta fluvium Lindemaci  ").  Louis also built a women's monastery (now the Cathedral of Women) for his daughter Hildegard in 853.  He gave today's land in the cantons of Zurich, Uri, and the forests of Mount Albis to the Benedictine convent, granting the convent immunity and placing it under his direct rule.

In 1045, the King of Germany and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (also known as the Duke of Bavaria, Henry VI) approved the convent's power to market, tax and coinage, making the abbey's dean a powerful ruler of the city.  In 1218, when the ruled family of Zurich ruled directly, Zurich became a royal municipality.  In the 1230s, a city wall was built around the city, covering an area of 38 hectares.  In 1234, Emperor Frederick II was promoted to the dean of the Women's Monastery as the Duke of the Duke.  The female dean appointed the mayor, and she often delegated the work of coinage to the public.  However, when the Law of the People's Republic of China was passed under the leadership of Rudolf Bren in 1336, the political power of the convent was gradually weakened.  Rudolf Buren also became the first independent mayor appointed by the non-female president.  When Zurich was in the Roman Empire, it was the main tax collection point for transporting goods to the Empire through the waterway. Later it became the territory of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1218, it became the Liberty City under the Empire. In 1351, it joined the Swiss Confederation and became the fifth of the Swiss Confederation.  The state, which caused war in 1440 due to land disputes with other states, was expelled from the Swiss Confederation, defeated in the Civil War in 1446, and re-accepted by the Federation in 1450.

It was the main pastor of Zurich when Ci Yunli began the Swiss religious reform.  He lived here from 1518 until his death in 1531.

After the Zurich rebellion on September 6, 1839, the city expanded for the citizens' demands.  The wall built in the 17th century was demolished without being besieged to ease the worries of suburban people on urban hegemony.  In 1859 Austria, France and Sardinia signed the Zurich Treaty.

Since 1847, the first railway in Switzerland, the "Spanish-Brotley-Bahn Railway", has connected Zurich and Baden, and the Zurich Main Station has been the starting point for the Swiss railway network.  The history of the current terminal building can be traced back to 1871.

Station Street 

Station Street is Europe's longest shopping avenue and one of the world's most expensive shopping avenues, along with New York's Fifth Avenue.  The Bahnhofstrasse (Bahnhofstrasse) was built in the old town of Zurich (Altstadt), formerly the old city wall, and was not demolished into a street until 1867.  The street is full of fashionable shops and banks.

From the Zurich Main Station (Zürich Hauptbahnhof), pass through the commercial centre on the left bank of Limmat until the Bürkliplatz (Swiss National Bank, Baur au Lac) on the shores of Lake Zurich, with a total length of 1.4.  Kilometers, roughly parallel to the Limmat River, with eucalyptus trees on both sides of the street.  In order to ensure the air quality, the car can't enter the station street, only the tram can walk.

The Paradeplatz is one of the most famous squares in Switzerland, located in the middle of the station street.  The headquarters of the two largest banking groups in Switzerland, UBS and Credit Suisse, are located here.  There are banks and insurance companies nearby, and stock exchanges are also nearby.  In addition, this square also has the largest branch of the famous chocolate shop Sprüngli in Zurich.