Friesenberg

Coordinates: 47°21′52.92″N 8°30′28.53″E / 47.3647000°N 8.5079250°E / 47.3647000; 8.5079250
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Friesenberg was a quarter in the

district 3 of Zürich
.

Werd and Friesenberg (in the foreground) as seen from Uetliberg
Friesenberg Castle
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1933)

Geography

The quarter of Friesenberg in Zürich

Situated at the southern slope of the Uetliberg mountain, Friesenberg was formerly a part of Wiedikon municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893.

Demographics

The quarter has a population of 10,360 distributed on an area of 5.15 km2.

Jewish cemeteries

Main articles:
Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ)
Zürich-Enge

On 5 July 1865 the Jewish community, which at that time numbered 30 members, mentioned the acquisition of a field for applying a cemetery.

Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich (ICZ), was inaugurated in 1952 and extended in 1988. At the cemetery grounds there is a large cemetery hall with rooms for ablution. A memorial stone (limestone cube) by Susi Guggenheim Weil recalls the victims of in the Nazi era. Notable interments include Kurt Hirschfeld (1902-1964), Mascha Kaléko (1907-1975), Erwin Leiser (1923-1996), Jenny Splatter Schaner (1907-1996), Margarete Susman (1872-1966), Lydia Woog (1913-2003), and Sigi Feigel (1921-2004), the former ICZ president.[4]

Transportation

The Friesenberg quarter is served by a number of railway stations on line

S10 of the Zürich S-Bahn. These include Zürich Friesenberg, Zürich Schweighof and Zürich Triemli
stations.

Literature

47°21′52.92″N 8°30′28.53″E / 47.3647000°N 8.5079250°E / 47.3647000; 8.5079250

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Friesenberg.
  1. ^ "Friedhöfe" (in German). Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG). Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  2. Evangelisch-reformierte Landeskirche des Kantons Zürich
    . Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  3. ^ "Zürich: Jüdischer Friedhof - Unterer Friesenberg" (in German). alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  4. ^ "Zürich: Jüdischer Friedhof - Oberer Friesenberg" (in German). alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved 2015-12-18.


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