Oberwinterthur

District in Zürich, Switzerland

Oberwinterthur District of the city of Winterthur
District

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Country	Switzerland
Canton	Zürich
City	Winterthur
Area
• Total	17.40 km² (6.72 sq mi)
Population (31. Dec. 2012)
• Total	21,748
District number	2
Quarters	Talacker Guggenbühl Zinzikon Reutlingen Stadel Grüze Hegmatten Hegi

Oberwinterthur is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 2.

The district comprises the quarters Talacker, Guggenbühl, Zinzikon, Reutlingen, Stadel, Grüze, Hegmatten and Hegi.

Oberwinterthur was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922, and the location of the Roman Vicus Vitudurum.

Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1934)

Transport

Oberwinterthur railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S8, S29 and S30.

References

47°31′01″N 8°46′08″E / 47.517°N 8.769°E / 47.517; 8.769

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Districts in the city of Winterthur

Stadt (district 1)
Oberwinterthur (district 2)
Seen (district 3)
Töss (district 4)
Veltheim (district 5)
Wülflingen (district 6)
Mattenbach (district 7)

Coat of arms of the city of Winterthur

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