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25-566: Sechseläutenplatz is located on the east shore of Lake Zurich , just south of the lake's outflow to the river Limmat and the Schanzengraben moat. The plaza is bounded to the south by the linked Opernhaus and Bernhardtheater buildings; to the west by the Utoquai lakeside promenade; and to the east by Theaterstrasse , across which is Stadelhoferplatz , with the Stadelhofen railway station and

50-602: A car-free zone . Wienachtsmärt , a Christmas fair, is a new event first held in 2015, opened on 19 November by Zurich's mayor, Corine Mauch . It had about 100 huts presenting modern design products and traditional handicrafts. Opened in May 2012, the underground parking garage houses two parking levels for 299 cars. The parking facility is operated by the Opéra AG, a consortium of the companies Hardturmstrasse AG and AMAG. Up to 50 parking spaces are reserved for long-term tenants. The entrance

75-498: A car lane on the Utoquai roadway caused a bitter dispute between the city and the canton of Zurich, with the district court deciding in favour of the city. The planning works were done by Zach + Zünd Architekten, Vetsch Nipkow Landschaftsarchitekten, Heyer Kaufmann Bauingenieure. Surface parking was replaced by an underground parking facility, for the Opéra and the Münsterhof square, and

100-673: A criminal offense according to Art. 24. Lake Zurich Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.151 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 393186068 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:41:43 GMT Circus Knie 47°13′48″N 8°49′16″E  /  47.2299851°N 8.8209758°E  / 47.2299851; 8.8209758 Circus Knie ( German : Schweizer National-Circus Knie , French : Cirque National Suisse Knie )

125-551: A long period", with respect to cleaning, slip resistance or behavior during prolonged heat. To exclude damage on burning of the Böögg (a winter effigy burned during Sechseläuten ), a shell of firebrick was installed. Additionally, the impact of elephant dung on the Vals quartzite was tested and anchorages for the Knie's circus tent firmly integrated in the surface structure. The natural stone tiles of

150-481: A series of chambers which collect detritus, filter the water, and process it with chlorine and glass water ; the purified water is then returned to the pumps to be reused. In all, 1.5 million Swiss Francs were paid for the design. According to the government's concept, Sechseläutenplatz may be used for events 180 days per year. Among them are Circus Knie , Sechseläuten and the Zurich Film Festival . In

175-496: Is situated at Falkenstrasse/Schillerstrasse. On Sechseläutenplatz, pedestrian access to the facility is provided by two pavilions, one of which houses a boulevard café . The second pavilion has a display presenting an overview of the archaeological findings from the excavation ( Archäologie im Parkhaus Opera ). As part of the 56 Swiss sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around

200-572: Is the largest circus of Switzerland , based in Rapperswil . The circus was founded in 1803 by the Knie family and has existed in its present form since 1919, when it changed from an open arena to a covered tent. The circus has long been famous for its animals and now operates a zoo ( Knie's Kinderzoo ) while its museum in Rapperswil closed in July 2017. In 1999, Franco Knie was named Best Animal Tamer at

225-558: The International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo . Today, the circus is an enterprise with about 200 employees, operated by Frédy and Franco Knie in partnership with insurance company Swiss Life . Tightrope acrobat David Dimitri has been associated with the circus. A co-production with Cirque du Soleil was mounted in 1992. In 1999, Karls kühne Gassenschau toured with the Swiss National Circus. In 2000, it

250-686: The Alps , the Neolithic, Celtic and Gallo-Roman settlements are also listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as Class objects . Hence, the area is provided as a historical site under federal protection, within the meaning of the Swiss Federal Act on natural and cultural heritage (German: Bundesgesetz über den Natur- und Heimatschutz NHG) of 1 July 1966. Unauthorised researching and purposeful gathering of findings represent

275-466: The Vals quartzite occupies an area of 12,600 square metres (135,625 sq ft). The last stones were laid on 19 November 2013, three weeks earlier than planned. In February and March 2014, 56 seven-year-old red oaks and tulip trees were planted. These varieties were particularly suitable for the inner-city location. Rooms under the square, below the groundwater level, provide the hidden infrastructure for lighting, electrical power distribution, and

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300-573: The city of Zurich, part of the Stadelhoferbollwerk bastion on the Lake Zurich shore. The former Stadelhofer bulwark was built as part of the fourth city fortifications in 1643 AD, its bastion built partly into the lake. In 1673, the Stadelhofen ravelin was attached. These fortifications, which had become obsolete, were completely demolished in 1837–38. The restaurant Kornhaus operated on

325-489: The cultural development during the late 5th and early 4th millennia BC. They and other prehistoric settlements in the lower Lake Zurich area are part of Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps , an UNESCO World Heritage Site , recognized as one of 111 world locations with the greatest scientific potential. In the late European Middle Ages , the Sechseläutenplatz area was the location of the former military harbour of

350-748: The home of the Opernhaus Zürich and of the Grand Café Esplanade built by J. Pfister Picault in 1925. On 19 December 1941, the Bernhard-Theater Zürich opened as an entertainment theater for plays, farces and comedies in the Swiss-German language . To ensure the food supply of the city population in wartime, potatoes were planted in the meadow in November 1940. In May 1981, the Esplanade building

375-432: The main work began and about a year later the redesigned Sechseläutenplatz was inaugurated. The cost for the city of Zurich amounted to 17.2 million Swiss Francs , of which CHF 10,250,000 were used on the renewal, road drainage and superstructure of the neighboring roads. The costs for the square's design and construction works totalled to around CHF 28 million, of which 11 million was paid by the canton of Zurich. The loss of

400-511: The public square was expanded towards the Opera House . The aim of the city government was to "upgrade for pedestrians in Zurich at a central location, to create a place with international appeal". A total of 110,000 blocks of stone from Vals quartzite – 10 to 13 centimetres (5 in) wide and between 50 and 130 centimetres (51 in) long – form the square. The material was "thoroughly tested over

425-399: The pumps and control systems for the fountains. As of 2016, it is the most elaborate water feature in Zurich, with individual programmable control to each nozel which can jet fountains up to 8 metres (26 ft) in height, and can accompany a piece of music. Each nozzle has a white LED light that can illuminate the water from below at night. Drainage systems receive the fountain water though

450-419: The remains of prehistoric pile dwellings . Remains were found in the immediate vicinity of this wetland soil settlement, Kleiner Hafner , in the lower basin of Lake Zurich. The construction works were suspended for nine months and the settlement remains were systematically archaeologically recorded. The results of the excavations are permanently displayed in a pavilion next to the lakeshore. Located on what

475-466: The site from 1839 to 1860. In 1867, the building was taken over as a temporary facility of the Tonhalle orchestra, and demolished sometime after. First mentioned in 1896 as Sechseläutenplatz , from the 1910s to 2008 the place was a meadow commonly known as Sechseläutenwiese . Since 1902, it was used for the spring Sechseläuten celebration and other events, including shows by Circus Knie . It also became

500-504: The summer months, the square must have full public access for at least 120 days to fulfill its function as the main inner-city space, so summertime events are limited to the area of the former Sechseläutenwiese. The former Theaterplatz square in front of the Opera House serves as the connection between Stadelhoferplatz and the Lake Zurich lakeshore. The city's authorities declared the area between Stadelhofen station and Sechseläutenplatz as

525-845: The terminus of the Forchbahn (FOB) . To the north, Sechseläutenplatz merges into Bellevueplatz , where stops for the Zurich tram lines 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 15 are located. On November 30, 2011, the government of Zurich announced that some streets would be renamed by redesigning the public area at Sechseläutenplatz. Theaterplatz will be part of the Sechseläutenplatz area, and Gottfried-Keller-Strasse and Goethestrasse partially repealed. Residents have been informed that these will be addressed as Sechseläutenplatz 1 to 10 . In all, Sechseläutenplatz covers an area of about 16,000 m (170,000 sq ft). The area has been internationally known since 2009, when digging for an underground parking facility uncovered

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550-594: Was also part of the Celtic and Gallo-Roman settlement area) in the effluence of the Limmat, within an area of about 0.2 square kilometres (50 acres) in the heart of the city of Zurich. Kleiner Hafner and Grosser Hafner are very rare sites, representing all periods of pile dwelling. There are finds from the Neolithic Egolzwil , Cortaillod and Horgen cultures, forming an important reference which allows study of

575-537: Was demolished and the present Bernhard-Theater was re-opened on 27–28 December 1984 after three years of transition. In the nearby Schanzengraben , the Old Botanical Garden is located. The area towards the Opernhaus-Bernhardtheater was used as a parking facility from the 1960s until 2008. Due to a referendum, the construction work was delayed a year from its planned commencement. In January 2013,

600-477: Was the focus on Hanna & Knill including six clown cabarets with Ueli Bichsel, Neda und Maite , and Gardi Hutter . Ursus & Nadeschkin became in 2002 the leading act and headline of the Circus Knie, performing 257 times during the 2002 season tour and having an audience totaling one million spectators. Princess Stéphanie of Monaco travelled with the circus for some months in 2001 and 2002, while in

625-608: Was then swampland between the river Limmat and Lake Zurich, around present-day Sechseläutzenplatz–Bürkliplatz, the prehistoric dwellings were set on piles to protect against occasional flooding by the rivers Linth and Jona . The Neolithic settlement Zurich–Enge Alpenquai is located at the Bürkliplatz in Enge , a locality of the municipality of Zurich. It was neighbored by the settlements at Kleiner Hafner (a former island/peninsula at Sechseläutenplatz) and Grosser Hafner island (which

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