Hotels in the city of Zurich

The Fraumünster abbey of Zürich was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the lands of Zürich, Uri, and the Albis forest, and granted the convent immunity, placing it under his direct authority. In 1045, King Henry III granted the convent the right to hold markets, collect tolls, and mint coins, and thus effectively made (...)

St. Peter is one of the four main churches of old Zürich, besides Grossmünster, Fraumünster and Predigerkirche. , the former Roman castle, it was built on the site of a temple to Iuppiter. An early church of 10 by 7 metres is archaeologically attested for the 8th or 9th century (...)

The ''Wasserkirche'' ("Water Church") of Zürich, first mentioned as ''ecclesia Aquatica Turicensi'' around 1250 and as ''wazzirkilcha'' in 1256, is a church built on a small island in the Limmat, situated between the two main churches of medieval Zürich, the Grossmünster and the Fraumünster (...)

The Canton of Zürich (German: ''Kanton'' ) has a population of about 1.2 million. The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zürich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called ''Züritüütsch''. In English the name of the canton is often written without umlauts: Canton of Zurich. (...)

(the others being the Fraumünster and St. Peterskirche). The core of the present building near the banks of the Limmat River was constructed on the site of a Carolingian church originally commissioned by Charles the Fat[http://www.zurich-relocation.ch/content/leisure/sightseeing_trips.html, Zurich Relocation website], accessed September 10, 2006 (...)

The ''Lindenhof'' of Zürich is the historical site of the Roman castle, and the later Carolingian Kaiserpfalz. It is situated on a hill, to the left of the Limmat. In 1747, a 2nd century Roman tombstone was discovered at the site, bearing the oldest attestation of the name of Zürich, as ''STA[tionis] TURIC[ensis]'', at the time a tax collecting point (...)

's stock exchange, based in Zürich. The exchange also trades other securities such as Swiss government bonds and derivatives such as stock options. The main stock market index for the SWX Swiss Exchange is the SMI, the Swiss Market Index. The index consists of the 20 most significant equity-securities based on the free float market capitalisation. (...)

:''For the artist, see Rudolf Stussi.'' (1443). Rudolf Stüssi (d. July 22, 1443) served as burgomaster of Zürich during the mid-fifteenth century. His expansionist ambitions for Zurich caused the Old Zürich War. Stüssi's father had come from Glarus and had become a citizen of Zürich in 1375. Stüssi's father had been elected to offices in Zürich starting in 1388 (...)

company of Switzerland. Its seat is in Zurich. The Swiss Life Group has 9300 employees and administers approximately 201 billion Swiss francs. As of 2005, its CEO is Rolf Dörig and the president of the board of directors is Bruno Gehrig. (...)

Sigi Feigel (norn 17 May 1921 in Zürich, died 28 August 2004 in Zürich) was a prominent Swiss attorney, notable for his campaigns against antisemitism and racism. Feigel was born in Zürich to Russian Jewish immigrants. He received his PhD in jurisprudence at the University of Zürich in 1949. From 1949 to 1977, he was the director of the textile factory inherited by his wife, Evi Heim (...)