Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland situated on the rive Limmat where Lake Zurich flows out. This city has been settled for over 7000 years now. The settlements of the Neolithic and bronze age of the 19th century were discovered in and near Lake Zurich.
The city is filled with diverse cultures and this city always figures in the world’s desirable cities to live in. The city in the 19th and 20th century saw many artists, composers and notable writers getting attracted to it. Today, Zurich not only boasts of the various concert halls, museums and theatres, but also 500 discos, nightclubs and bars. Bahnhofstrasse is the prime shopping street of Zurich.
Zurich’s History
Zurich gets it name from the word, Turicum, which was earlier a customs and fort of the Romans on Limmat River’s left bank. Later on, the settlement spread onto the river’s both sides.
In the middle ages, the city of Zurich developed greatly as a cultural, religious and economic centre. Thereafter, in the 13th century, the city eventually achieved more rights of its self-government, however the city still remained a province of the German empire.
Later on in 1351, Zurich joined the Swiss Confederation, thereby becoming one of the leading members apart from Lucerne and Bern.
Traditionally, the city has seen a lot of developments. The forces of the Protestant were led during 16th century at the Reformation where the city’s liberal politicians played a vital role in the establishment of the federal state of the modern day in 1848. The entrepreneurs of the Zurich city became the backbone of Switzerland’s industrial revolution during the 19th century.