Zurich District is a district () 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;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). 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 .
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 (Zürich proper) 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 1893: Merger of Aussersihl, Enge, Fluntern, Hirslanden, Hottingen, Oberstrass, Riesbach, Unterstrass, Wiedikon, Wipkingen, Wollishofen and Altstadt → City of Zürich 1931: Merger of Niederurdorf and Oberurdorf → Urdorf 1934: Merger of Affoltern, Albisrieden, Altstetten, Höngg, Oerlikon, Schwamendingen, Seebach, Witikon and Zürich → City of Zürich 1986: Zollikon excluded → Meilen District 1989: Exclusion of the then remaining 13, excluding the city of Zürich, municipalities → Dietikon District 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
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