FKK Swiss Dietikon/Zürich (CH)

Dietikon

Zürich

Main town of the Canton of Zürich

Name origin: Tūrīcon -> Turicum (Celt. --> Lat., = Turos, name designation)

First documented mention: known as a Roman customs post as early as 15 BC, 610 AD castellum Turegum; 7th century AD Ziurichi

Population: 422,000

Area: 87.93 km²

Canton: Zürich

District: Zürich

District (Kreis): /

Vehicle registration: ZH

River: Sihl-->Limmat; Lake Zürich-->Limmat

The FKK Swiss club is located in Dietikon near Zürich.

Zürich lies in the geographic heart of Switzerland at 408 m above sea level, is by far the country's largest city and the economic centre in the land of the Swiss Confederation. As a leading metropolis, the city holds a significant position as a continental transport hub and international financial centre, home to many major banks and the Swiss Stock Exchange. Zürich Hauptbahnhof is the largest terminus station in Europe and one of the busiest railway stations in the world; Kloten Airport ranks among the ten best airports in the world. Zürich's level of purchasing power is outstanding by global standards.

Zürich achieved the status of Free and Imperial City within the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th century. In 1351 the city joined the Swiss Confederation and, together with Bern, was a leading city (Vorort) of this confederation of states. In 1519 Zürich became the epicentre of the Reformation under the spiritual leadership of Huldrych Zwingli, who a little later published the Zürich Bible here. With the collapse of the free Republic of the City of Zürich following the French invasion of Switzerland in 1798, the city merged with the former subject territories into the new Canton of Zürich and rapidly developed into the economic centre of Switzerland.

So why, despite all its economic dominance and its world-historical significance especially with regard to the Reformation, isn't Zürich the capital of the land of the Swiss Confederation? The answer will surprise many non-Swiss. Switzerland, in fact, has no capital. In the Helvetic Republic (1798 – 1803), Switzerland's daughter republic of France in the Napoleonic era, Aarau, Lucerne and Bern were initially the capital. Since then Switzerland has had no capital at all. From 1803 to 1848 the cities of Zürich, Bern, Lucerne, Fribourg, Solothurn and Basel took turns as so-called "leading cities of Switzerland" (Vororte der Schweiz). The annual Tagsatzung (federal diet) took place in these leading cities. In 1848 it was agreed to abolish the rotation principle. Zürich, Bern and Lucerne stood as candidates for capital. On 28 November 1848 the National Council and Council of States decided in favour of Bern in the first round of voting. But due to a thoroughly Swiss compromise, Bern was not officially made the capital, but the Federal City. Bern is thus the Federal City and is the capital not de jure, but only de facto.

The city on Lake Zürich, with its Alpine backdrop, is regarded—thanks to its well-preserved medieval old town and its varied cultural offerings and nightlife—as a city of outstanding quality of life. With its dozens of brothels, Zürich is also one of the "horniest" metropolises in the whole world, where anyone with a special interest is guaranteed to be able to live out their inclinations in many different ways. As everywhere in Switzerland, this sector too is distinguished above all by the high quality of its services. So you should bring a bit of money along when you visit.

Among Zürich's well-known sons and daughters are Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Gottfried Keller, Johanna Spyri, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Max Frisch, Hermann Rorschach, Felix Bloch, Mario Adorf, Lisa Fitz, Bruno Ganz, Martin Suter and Denise Biellmann.