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Wiedikon

District of the city of Zurich

District

Seal

Country

City

Area

• Total

8.65 km² (3.34 sq mi)

Population

(31. Dec. 2005)

• Total

45,885

• Density

5,305/km² (13,740/sq mi)

District Number

Quarters

Alt-Wiedikon
Sihlfeld
Friesenberg

Wiedikon as seen from Uetliberg (October 2009)

Sihlcity shopping mall

Wiedikon (centered) on Murerplan (1566)

Wiedikon is a district in the Swiss city of Zurich. It corresponds to District number 3 and comprises the neighborhoods of Alt-Wiedikon, Sihlfeld and Friesenberg.

Wiedikon was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893.

Aerial view (1968)

Transportation

The municipality is located on the A3 motorway. Zürich Wiedikon railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S2, S8 and S21. The head office of Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) is located in Wiedikon.

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