Weinplatz (Zurich)

Weinplatz
Weinplatz as seen from Limmatquai, Rathausbrücke in the foreground, Storchen hotel to the left, Schwert tower to the right.
Typepedestrian
OwnerCity of Zürich
AddressesWeinplatz
LocationZürich-Lindenhof, Switzerland
Postal code8001
Coordinates47°22′19″N 8°32′31″E / 47.372°N 8.542°E / 47.372; 8.542

Weinplatz (literally: wine square) is a popular public square adjacent to the Gmüesbrugg bridge and the historical Schipfe quarter.

Weinplatz at the wooden medieval bridge between Schipfe and Weinplatz, and the present Limmatquai, Altarbilder by Hans Leu d.Ä., c. 1498
Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke on an aerial photograph by Eduard Spelterini, c. 1895
Weinplatz and Rathausbrücke as seen from Limmatquai