Oberstrass | |
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Quarter | |
 Oberstrass and Irchelpark as seen from Uetliberg, Oerlikon (to the left) and Seebach in the background (October 2009) | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 The quarter of Oberstrass in Zurich | |
| Coordinates: 47°23′08″N 8°32′58″E / 47.38556°N 8.54944°E / 47.38556; 8.54944 | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zurich |
| City | Zurich |
| District | 6 |
Oberstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zurich.1
It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893.1 As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 11,083 distributed on an area of 2.64 km2 (1.02 sq mi).2
The Rigiblick funicular can be found in Oberstrass as one of two funiculars within the city of Zurich.
Built in 1901 as Rigiblick restaurant, the former Gastsaal was re-opened as Theater Rigiblick in 1984.3
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Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1933)
References
References
- Illi, Martin (14 September 2010). "Oberstrass". Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- Quartierspiegel Oberstrass (PDF) (Report) (in Swiss High German). Statistik Stadt Zürich. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
- Theater Rigiblick in: Tobias Hoffmann-Allenspach (2013-12-05). "Theatersaal Rigiblick, Zürich ZH" (in German). theaterwissenschaft.ch. Retrieved 2015-10-30.