Riesbach
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| subdivision_name1 = Zürich
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| population_total = 15343
| population_as_of = 31. Dec. 2005
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Mühlebach
Weinegg
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Riesbach is a district in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is District number 8.
History
The district comprises the quarters Seefeld, Mühlebach and Weinegg. Riesbach was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893.
File:ETH-BIB-Zürich-Riesbach-Inlandflüge-LBS MH03-1678.tif (1937)]]
Quaianlagen
{{main article|Quaianlagen (Zürich)}}
As the old bathhouse had to make place for the construction of so-called Seeuferanlage quais, the then independent municipality of Riesbach built the two new bathing facilities Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen (1886) at Zürichhorn and Seebad Utoquai (1890) at Utoquai.{{cite web|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/gsz/natur-_und_erlebnisraeume/park-_und_gruenanlagen/utoquai.html|title=Utoquai|publisher=Grün Stadt Zürich|author=|language=German|accessdate=2015-01-04}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ssd/de/index/sport/schwimmen/sommerbaeder/strandbad_tiefenbrunnen/adresse.html?noCache=true|title=Strandbad Tiefenbrunnen|publisher=Schul- und Sportdepartement Stadt Zürich|language=German|accessdate=2014-12-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231203141/https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ssd/de/index/sport/schwimmen/sommerbaeder/strandbad_tiefenbrunnen/adresse.html?noCache=true|archivedate=2014-12-31}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ssd/de/index/sport/schwimmen/sommerbaeder/seebad_utoquai/adresse.html?noCache=true|title=Seebad Utoquai|publisher=Schul- und Sportdepartement Stadt Zürich|language=German|accessdate=2014-12-31|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231203411/https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/content/ssd/de/index/sport/schwimmen/sommerbaeder/seebad_utoquai/adresse.html?noCache=true|archivedate=2014-12-31}}
Hafen Riesbach, meaning Riesbach harbour area is situated between Seefeldquai and Blatterwiese. The harbour itself is as the Enge harbour used as a private-owned marina. 2004, the old kiosk at the popular open lido at Riesbachstrasse was replaced by a polygonal pavilion was designed by the architects Andreas Furrimann and Gabrielle Hächler, and now houses a small restaurant. As well as the Seefeldquai, it is part of the historical Quaianlagen, and combines park designs from different design periods. The stone pillar Klausstud originally stood in the lake and served as a border designation of the medieval right of ban of the city republic of Zürich. At that place also ended the fishing rights of the urban fishermen, and from here the Einsiedeln Abbey pilgrims proved their honour to the Protestantic city by lowering the volume of their prayers and songs. Since the landfills in the construction of the quais, the pillar stands in the middle of the park. The sculpture by Henry Moore is named Sheep Piece, and was donated in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/gsz/natur-_und_erlebnisraeume/park-_und_gruenanlagen/seefeldquai.html|title=Seefeldquai|publisher=Grün Stadt Zürich|author=|language=German|accessdate=2015-01-04}} The Centre Le Corbusier or Heidi Weber Museum, an art museum dedicated to the work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, is situated between Seefeldquai and Blatterwiese. Between Blatterwiese and Bellerivestrasse, in 1993 the Chinese Garden Zürich was inaugurated.{{cite web|url=https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/ted/de/index/gsz/natur-_und_erlebnisraeume/park-_und_gruenanlagen/blatterwiese.html|title=Blatterwiese|publisher=Tiebau- und Entsorgungsdepartement Stadt Zürich|author=|language=German|accessdate=2015-01-04}}
Gallery
File:Zürich - Hafen Riesebach - Henry Moores Sheep Peace IMG_1041.JPG|Sheep Piece by Henry Moore (Hafen Riesbach)
File:Zürich - Seefeld - Corbusier - Heidi Weber Museum IMG 1552.JPG|Centre Le Corbusier (Heidi Weber Museum)
File:Zürich - Seefeld - Chinagarten IMG 1544.JPG|Chinagarten in partnership with Kunming
File:Zürich - Hafen Riesbach IMG 1578.JPG|Riesbach harbour
References
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{{Commons category|Riesbach}}
{{Districts of Zürich}}
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{{Zürich-geo-stub}}