There are people who come to cemeteries for funerals, or when you are dead. This is a shame. Because there, where the dead rest, is so much silence, space and nature like nowhere else. Anyone who has ever discovered for a walk or a quiet Moment on a Shelving these oases, will not want to miss the most beautiful and largest parks of the city. Now, in the autumn, as the trees start to change, it is worth a visit in these intact habitats for plants and animals more than ever.
In Zurich, there are about 20 cemeteries; a large part of it is maintained by Green city Zurich. Each has its advantages. At the cemetery Hönggerberg, it is the views; the Eichbühl landscape architecture; in the Manegg the tree is unique; the cemetery Enzenbühl has a high density of dead celebrities from the cultural scene. The largest burial place is thanks to the cemetery-Forum for your cultural program. Whether exhibitions, concerts, Zen Meditation, or grief stammtisch – the unique Institution that attracts a wide audience to the cemetery Sihlfeld.
cemetery North home North home road 28, 8057 Zurich, with the bus number 32 to birch village
To those who die, not without reason, desires that they may rest in peace. Because among the Living, it is usually too hectic. This is for the 32-Bus clearly, the jets in the Morning, joined in fully in the direction of Holzerhurd. Some prepare for this autumn morning mentally to give everything, put the Tag in the head. Only what really matters, you wouldn’t want to lose in a full Trolley in the rule, too many thoughts.
What helps? Maybe the village, the cross wehtal first race and into the generously landscaped cemetery in Nordheim get Off at the Birch. Only those who rest in peace are not, there are also dozens of trees and shrubs grow in all colours between light yellow and Magenta. It converts between the slopes of beech, Japanese string, or jungle-mammoth tree and pauses for a Moment. Then back down to the road, back in the Bus and back to life. (dsa)
Self-honey is produced in the intact parks: cemetery schwanden wood.
cemetery schwanden wood seebacherstr. 130; Tram 10/14 to Seebach place,
with Bus 29/75 to the cemetery
It is located only a stone’s throw from our apartment, so a lot of time I spend there. Particularly large, he is not, there is no prominent dead, and he is holding on to the edge of the city. A Secret Tip. Sometimes you can hear the children from the neighboring school house Heumatt or a tractor in the surrounding fields and from time to time a Fox between the grave, is running around series. (ggs)
cemetery HönggerbergNotzenschürlistr. 30; minibus 38 (every 30 minutes from Meierhof square) to Station cemetery hönggerberg simply sit and soak up the sun: guests in the cemetery Hönggerberg.
not far from the entrance there is a signpost, indicating that we reached in 4 hours 50 minutes bathing is. But why look so far afield when the Good (i.e., is the fully planted and with gently meandering paths, crossed by rivers cemetery facility) is so close? Alone for the stupendous view you can enjoy from the hillside to the city, one would have to demand is actually a Stutz! (thw)
cemetery eichbühl peaceful courtyard. 94; accessible by Tram 2 to the Linden square; Bus 35 to the graveyard, or with Bus 31 to Farbhof and again with Bus 35
As I landed for the first Time after a walk on the top of this hilly cemetery, I realized that I am on a tomb: A large part consists of natural meadows and fields, graves to look almost. If I desire to Wide open spaces and sky, I come here; not least of all, to enjoy the views of Altstetten. Concrete elements, including a sixties – pavilion, to shape the Park’s design, which I admire as an architecture Nerd. The plant is considered to be one of the most important works of modern Swiss landscape architecture. (cs)
cemetery fluntern in Zurich Bergstr. 189; Tram 6, or trolley bus 39, and 751 to the Zoo, the
entrance is immediately next to the station
A Phase of adolescent self-discovery brought me once to this cemetery, to the tomb of James Joyce. A work by the Irish writer I had never read, but the rest, the radiated his tomb, touched my still tender soul. As the figure sitting with crossed legs, in one Hand a cigarette, in the other holding a book. And, on which cemetery you usually hear the screaming of the peacocks and flying a stork on the head, if not here, so close to the Zoo? (nia)
cemetery ManeggThujastr. 60; Bus 72 to Station thuja road, then a few minutes walk
“gsprängt Nume nid, but gäng echly pretty!” This Motto gave me Grossmueti on the path of life. “Finally, it must be, to mold words to start, or?” Thanks to this aphorism by Friedrich Glauser the impossible interests me more than the Possible. Both the writer as well as my grandmother used to enjoy, about 200 meters away from each other, at the cemetery in Wollishofen their eternal rest. Also that’s why I’m going to place in this 122-year-old grave, when I, a book and a thermos full of tea in the backpack, searching in the autumn and Winter temporary peace. (thw)
cemetery sihlfeld aemtlerstr. 151; Tram 2/3 to cypress road, Bus no. 72 to the cemetery Sihlfeld, or Bus 33/72/83 or
Tram 3 to the Old crematorium
The largest cemetery in the city is also the largest contiguous green space in the city centre, as a recreational area, very popular and full of monuments. That makes him a celebrity among the cemeteries: On a Sunny week prevails, when the people with Vitamin D supply, on the benches downright lack of space. In the meantime, the place was also discovered by Influencers and hobby photographer: The beautiful stock of trees is clearly the perfect photographic Backdrop. (cs)
Autumn splendour: The gate to the cemetery Enzenbühl.
cemetery Enzenbühl
Forchstr. 384; with the Forchbahn to Rehalp and about 2 Min. run back or with Tram 11 directly to the cemetery Enzenbühl
fifteen years Ago, has been listed here as a theatre piece. The death occurred, and croaking of the frogs in the graveyard pond. Much I forget, this beautiful place never. It was created around 1900 as an extension to the opposite cemetery Rehalp. In the autumn of eyes to go over here in the Park on a slope: Where a writer Urs Widmer, actress Margrit Rainer, comedian, César Keiser and artist David White to rest, found, lights, nature in all shades of color between bright yellow and dark purple. When you take a walk on the lake of Zurich go flashes sometimes through the branches, ancient grave-stones tell of times past, a Californian mammoth tree of the eternity. (ish)
cemetery Uetliberg borrweg 251; Bus 32 to fries mountain road,
with minibus 73 next to the cemetery Uetliberg
The cemetery is also habitat for foxes, badgers, birds, deer. Especially deer eat the shoots are fond of young Rose and the way Pansy of the graves. “We strive to fix the damage as good as possible,” writes the administration at the entrance of the visitors. The people are but no deer. You are looking for here on the northeastern slopes of the Uetliberg mountain for a retreat. The paths lead in wide arcs through the Green. Many Benches with a view. Two men from the sewers just dig a hole. A leaf blower blows. Everything here is prepared for the autumn/Winter season. For us, too. For later. (bu)
Created: 30.10.2019, 14:15 Uhr
