AlphabeticalZürich
Taking pictures of the streets of Zürich from Aargauerstrasse to Zypressenstrasse
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Ausstellungsstrasse
Ausstellungsstrasse goes from Sihlquai to Limmatplatz. It is named after the national exhibition (Landesausstellung) that happened nearby in 1883.
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Ausserdorfstrasse
Ausserdorfstrasse goes from Glattalstrasse to Hertensteinstrasse. It is named after the description of the part of the original Seebach municipality (“outside of the village”).
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Aurorastrasse
Aurorastrasse goes from Ebelstrasse to Hitzigweg. It is named after the Roman goddess of dawn Aurora.
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Auhofstrasse
Auhofstrasse starts from Saatlenstrasse and ends in a dead-end, with footpaths continuing to Luegislandstrasse and to the Auhof school. It is named after its historical name for a property that was located on a body of water.
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Augustinerhof
Augustinerhof goes from Augustinergasse to St Peterstrasse. It is named after the old Augustinian monastery that stood there (on the site of the current Augustinerkirche).
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Augustinergasse
Augustinergasse goes from St Peterhofstatt to Bahnhofstrasse. It is named after the Augustinian monastery that used to exist there.
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Auguste-Piccard-Hof
Auguste-Piccard-Hof is a square on the Hönggerberg campus of ETH. The square is named after Auguste Piccard, a Swiss physicist (affiliated with the Free University of Brussels), who was one of the first two people to enter the stratosphere (in a hydrogen balloon), the inventor of the bathyscaphe, and also the inspiration for Tryphon Tournesol…
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August-Forel-Strasse
August-Forel-Strasse goes from Buchenweg to Lenggstrasse. It is named after August Forel, who was a psychiatrist, neuroanatomist (including early work on neurons) and myrmecologist. His portrait was on the 1000CHF note from 1978 to 2000. He also held eugenicist and racist views, and put these views into practice during his tenure as director of the…
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Auf der Mauer
Auf der Mauer goes from Hirschengraben to Leonhardstrasse. It is named after buildings built on top of Hirschengraben’s wall (which were removed in 1867 and 1896). And the street does look like it’s been build on top of a wall!
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Auf der Egg
Auf der Egg goes from Eggstrasse to a formal dead-end that still has narrow paths downhill, reaching Kilchbergstrasse. It is named after the old location name meaning “auf der Ecke” (on the corner) to describe the small hill on which the current church stands.
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Aubruggweg
Aubruggweg starts on Am Glattbogen and ends in a dead end. It is named after an ancient bridge built in 1809/1810 to replace a bridge destroyed in 1799 during fights between Imperial and French troops. That bridge burnt in 2009 and was rebuilt in 2016.
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Aubruggstrasse
Aubruggstrasse goes from Ueberlandstrasse to Hagenholzstrasse. It is named after an ancient bridge built in 1809/1810 to replace a bridge destroyed in 1799 during fights between Imperial and French troops.
Alphabetical Zürich 