Werdinsel

Coordinates: 47°24′00″N 8°29′15″E / 47.4000°N 8.4875°E / 47.4000; 8.4875
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Werdinsel
Native name:
Werdinsel
Nickname: Werd; Flussbad Au-Höngg; Limmatauen; Werdhölzli
Werdinsel in the Limmat in Zürich
Werdinsel is located in Switzerland
Werdinsel
Werdinsel
Location in Switzerland
Geography
LocationLimmat
Coordinates47°24′00″N 8°29′15″E / 47.4000°N 8.4875°E / 47.4000; 8.4875
Total islands1
Area0.06 km2 (0.023 sq mi)
Highest elevation403 m (1322 ft)
Administration
CantonZürich
DistrictHöngg
Demographics
Population0 (December 2014)

Werdinsel, also known as Limmatauen Werdhölzli, is an island and protected area in the Limmat in Switzerland.

Weir at the power plant
Fahr Abbey
The river island's area towards Limmatauen

Geography

Located in the former independent

public park and bath in the Limmat, situated in the northernly suburban area of the Limmat Valley
in Zürich. The island has a maximum length of about 550 metres (1,804 ft) and a maximum width of about 125 metres (410 ft). Its highest point is about 403 metres (1,322 ft) above sea level, a few metres above the river level at Zürich-Höngg. The minimum distance from the river bank is about 10 metres (33 ft), and the island is also separated by the artificial Giessen channel.

Recreation

The so-called Flussbad Au-Höngg is one of the four public river baths situated in the Limmat within the city of Zürich. The entrance is free, but there is just a limited infrastructure. The Zürich tram line 17 (stop Tüffenwies) and the local Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich VBZ bus lines 80 and 89 (stop Winzerhalde) provide public transportation.[1] The island also houses a restaurant and grill stations, family gardens, sand beaches and a forested area, the adjoint Limmat-Auen Werdhölzli protected area.

For decades, the river island has been called a 'conflict zone' related to its public use; so claim those with dogs, naturists and LGBT enthusiasts, as well as textiles (non-nudists) and families in the area. Another problem is the intensive use, so on peak days, up to 4,500 visitors search for recreation, almost half a million a year, among them also people from neighboring cantons, and therefore causing additional road transport traffic. The city police, however, legally allows any people to roam freely naked in public, and even outdoor sex is not illegal as long as no one raise indictment. The city police forces regularly patrols on the ground,[2][3] and the municipal authorities started to assign beware of the naked signs in August 2015.[4]

Limmatauen

Limmatauen Werdhölzli is a protected forest and river area, partially situated in the municipality of

World Wildlife Fund Switzerland, which claims the place as very important to our rivers and streams, so that they can create their very structure.[6][7]

Cultural heritage

A watermill of the

Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance.[9]

Trivia

As in Switzerland, both burials and cremations are permitted by law, the island (or, rather, the river) is also used for flow burials.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Flussbad Au-Höngg" (in German). Schul- und Sportdepartement Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  2. ^ "Die Werdinsel ist und bleibt ein heiss umkämpftes Gebiet" (in German). Limmattaler Zeitung. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  3. ^ "Werdinsel Zürich: Sex auf der Insel – Polizei knüpft sich Liebende vor" (in German). 20min.ch. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  4. ^ "Nach 50 Jahren warnen Schilder vor Nacktbadenden" (in German). Limmattaler Zeitung. 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  5. ^ "Limmatauen Werdhölzli – Perle am Stadtrand" (in German). Tiefbau- und Entsorgungsdepartement Stadt Zürich. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  6. ^ "Die Limmat fliesst jetzt mitten durch den Wald" (in German). Tages-Anzeiger. 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  7. World Wildlife Fund
    Switzerland. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  8. ^ Gebrüder Dürst. "Werdinsel" (in German). Retrieved 2015-01-14.
  9. ^ "A-Objekte KGS-Inventar". Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Amt für Bevölkerungsschutz. 2009. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  10. ^ "Einstein und die letzte Ruhe" (in German). Einstein (Swiss TV series). 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2015-11-01.

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