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 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the country's most important economic center.
The city's population is approximately 360,000 and the wider Canton (state) of Zurich is home to one sixth of the country's population.
Zurich benefits from the high level of investment in education that is typical of Switzerland in general and provides skilled labor at all levels.
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 Zurich Travel Guide -
Zurich is located at the centre of the Zurich canton, on Switzerland’s central plain, with the elevation rising towards the south and the Alps.
Surrounding the Old Town, the Kreis (districts) of Zurich are arranged clockwise around the city centre, with the numbers corresponding to the last digit in the postcode.
The modern Zurich is a city of bankers in a country of banks.
www.explore-zurich.com   (528 words)

  
 Canton of Zürich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The canton of Zürich is situated north of the Alps.
Its neighbouring cantons are Schaffhausen to the north, Aargau to the west, the cantons of Zug and Schwyz to the south and the cantons of Thurgau and St.Gallen to the east.
The highest elevation in the canton is at the Höhrohnen in the southeast of the canton.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canton_of_Zurich   (951 words)

  
 Zurich - Dilos Holiday World
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich, situated on the lake of Zurich.
Zurich is an important commercial and manufacturing centre with its many private banks and is the world's primary centre for offshore banking, mainly due to Swiss bank secrecy.
Peter's, which is the oldest church in Zurich; it stands close by the ruins of a late Roman fortress at the Lindenhof and has Europe's largest church clock face (8.7 m diameter).
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 Zurich presented in Travelling section
Zurich lies at the centre of the canton of Zurich on Switzerland’s central plain, with the elevation rising towards the south and the Alps.
Zurich dates its origins from Roman times and by the tenth century had acquired the status of a city, it was at the centre of the Swiss Reformation movement in the sixteenth century, under the leadership of Huldrych Zwingli.
The modern Zurich is a city of bankers in a country of banks, and this concentration of wealth can most readily be seen along the lime tree-lined Bahnhofstrasse.
www.newsfinder.org /site/more/zurich   (729 words)

  
 ELEVENTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was married to Catharine SCHAUB on 16 Nov 1569 in Neftenbach, Canton of Zurich (formerly County of Kyburg), Switzerland.
was born on 20 Aug 1570 in Aesch (Neftenbach Paris), Canton of Zurich (formerly Kyburg County), Switzerland.
was born on 20 Feb 1575 in Aesch (Neftenbach Paris), Canton of Zurich (formerly Kyburg County), Switzerland.
www.tulane.edu /~woodward/suter/d4060.htm   (112 words)

  
 Zurich travel guide - Wikitravel
Zurich [1] (German: Zürich, Zuerich) is the largest city in Switzerland, with a population of some 364,500 in the city proper and close to 1 million in the greater metropolitan area.
Zurich is on Lake Zurich, where the lake meets the Limmat River, in the north of Switzerland.
Zurich is located at the northwestern end of Lake Zurich (Zürichsee), at the mouth of the Limmat River which divides the city in two.
wikitravel.org /en/Zurich   (4717 words)

  
 Canton of Zurich - an attractive tax system
The cantonal tax is regulated by Zurich's Cantonal Law on Direct Taxes of 8 June 1997 (Steuergesetz/StG) and it is levied by Zurich's Cantonal Tax Office.
Zurich’s tax law stipulates the tax rates used to calculate the basic cantonal tax on which the cantonal and municipal taxes are based.
The overall tax burden arising from profits taxes (direct federal tax, cantonal and municipal taxes) for a corporation or cooperative domiciled in the City of Zurich lies in the range of 17.80 (minimum yield) to 31.76 percent (maximum rate of tax) of net profit after deduction for tax.
www.steueramt.zh.ch /html/english_content/attractive_tax_system.htm   (2321 words)

  
 Zurich Overview | Zurich City Guide | iExplore.com
Although the largest city in Switzerland, Zurich aptly promotes itself as the ‘little big city’ and has a historic center compact enough to be explored on foot.
Zurich is located at the center of the Zurich canton, on Switzerland’s central plain, with the elevation rising towards the south and the Alps.
Other riches lie in the city’s excellent universities – Zurich is a powerhouse for research, with public-private partnerships leading to innovations both in design and the high-tech sector.
www.iexplore.com /cityguides/Switzerland/Zurich/Overview   (545 words)

  
 Global Greens -
The first Swiss Green group elected in the canton of Berne at the end of the seventies was the Demokratische Alternative, founded in 1976.
In August 1978 the Green Party in the canton of Zurich was founded and participated for the first time in the cantonal and national elections in 1979.
In the municipal elections of 1982 the first Greens were elected to city councils and parliaments in the canton of Zurich, followed in April 1983 by the first four cantonal MPs.
www.globalgreens.info /literature/books/20years/schaffner.html   (507 words)

  
 Guide and Travel Facts: Zurich, Switzerland
This, of course, is the capital of the canton of Zurich, and Europe's major banking center.
The chief historical figure of Zurich was Ulrich Zwingli, one of the Protestant Reformers, who established his movement in the city.
Originally Zurich had been the federal capital of Switzerland, but that title went to Berne in 1848, as a result of the revolutionary movements of that year.
www.passports.com /trips/cityfact/cityfact.asp?city=Zurich   (315 words)

  
 www.kdz.or.at : Outcome measurement in the Canton of Zurich. From theory to practice – progress report on six years ...
KDZ - Outcome measurement in the Canton of Zurich.
Home » Bibliothek » Abstract-Datenbank » Nach Abstracts suchen » 2005 - 1 » Bücher » Outcome measurement in the Canton of Zurich.
It shows the experiences made in the Canton of Zurich – 5 case studies, some questionnaires for outcome measurement are reported as well as chapters on measurement and data collection, on benchmarking of results, on steering and policy integration.
www.kdz.or.at /index.php?id=170   (269 words)

  
 Hans Bär III
Verena was buried 20 Oct 1679 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.
Margaretha was born in Rossau, Mettmenstetten, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.
was born in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland and was baptised 12 Apr 1658 in Hausen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.
people.musc.edu /~geesey/HansBaer3.html   (423 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Red Herring Opens European Offices in Zurich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Equally important for choosing an office location are the low social and non-wage labor costs, and generally low corporate taxation in the city and the canton of Zurich.
All of these factors and the professional support of the Greater Zurich Area AG combined led to the relocation of Red Herring's offices at the Technopark Zurich, an "absolute goldmine," as Duvall describes it.
Its sponsor is the "Stiftung Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing," a public-private partnership that was established in November 1998.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=111679   (781 words)

  
 SEC v EDDIE ANTAR - Legal Case Documents
The Court of Appeal held that the Cantonal courts in Zurich were bound by the prior decision of a Geneva, Switzerland appellate court recognizing and enforcing the U.S. judgment against Antar.
The Geneva court decision had precedential effect outside the Canton of Geneva and barred Antar from challenging, in the courts of Zurich, that the U.S. judgment was of a civil nature and did not impose either a criminal sentence or an administrative measure on Antar.
The Trustee/Receiver is represented in Zurich by Dr. Martin Bernet, of the firm Schellenberg & Haissly and, in the United States, by A. Richard Ross, of the firm Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart & Olstein in Roseland, New Jersey.
www.legalcasedocs.com /120/243/046.html   (535 words)

  
 NICE Systems - Press Releases - Zurich Cantonal Bank Implements NICE Recording-On-Demand Solution For Voice Recording ...
Zurich Cantonal Bank is Zurich's leading full-service bank with national stature and excellent international connections.
With total assets of CHF 75.9bn, Zurich Cantonal Bank is Switzerland's largest cantonal bank and the third largest Swiss bank.
As an independent public-law institution in the canton of Zurich, Zurich Cantonal Bank enjoys the privilege of a state guarantee.
www.nice.com /news/show_pr.php?id=80   (730 words)

  
 www.incadat.com - International Child Abduction Database
When the father sued for the enforcement of the Higher Court of the Canton of Zurich decision of March 6, 1997, the competent District Court of Y. rejected his petition.
An appeal by the father against this decision was rejected by the Higher Court of the Canton of Aargau in its decision of March 26, 2001.
The return of the child must not be based on the pending criminal case against the appellant, especially since the Zurich Higher Court declined to hear an appeal in the matter, and held that the criminal case did not constitute sufficient grounds for refusing the return of the child.
www.hcch.net /incadat/fullcase/0423.htm   (6364 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional:Europe:Switzerland:Cantons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva.
The Canton of Zurich is located in the north east of Switzerland.
It is the largest Canton with a population of about 1'250'000 inhabitants and an area of 1729 square kilometers.
dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/Switzerland/Cantons/desc.html   (442 words)

  
 Swiss dog laws may tighten | www.azstarnet.com ®
ZURICH, Switzerland — New dog owners in Switzerland's most populous canton may need to pass a course on canine ownership after a 6-year-old child was mauled to death in a Zurich suburb by three pit bulls.
Under measures being proposed by local authorities, new dog owners would have to pass a "theory course" teaching them the basics of a dog's everyday life, the canton of Zurich said Friday in a statement.
Zurich then imposed leash and muzzle restrictions on American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, bull terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers and their mixed breeds.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/142800   (197 words)

  
 Crossair soars, wins backing - Jan. 14, 2002
LONDON (CNN) - Crossair, the Swiss regional carrier, soared after voters in the canton of Zurich approved financing for a new Swiss carrier.
Zurich voters approved by a narrow majority the state's 300 million Swiss franc ($181 million) contribution to a 2.5 billion franc plan to create a new national carrier after Swissair's collapse last year.
Swissair, which posted a record loss of 2.9 billion francs in 2000, had been on the brink of collapse as it attempted to reverse an expansionist policy that left it 17 billion francs in debt.
money.cnn.com /2002/01/14/international/crossair   (465 words)

  
 Forest Development in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Changes in forests are influenced by, and themselves influence, such local conditions as soil, climate and exposure, and also the demands put on the forests by society.
This trend was critically observed by forestry officials, who themselves conducted similar transformations in the cantonal forests directly managed by them.
According to a classification of stand descriptions which used definite criteria for the different forest types, most of the decline of coppice-with-standards forests occurred after the middle of the 20th century.
www.erica.demon.co.uk /EH/EH516.html   (256 words)

  
 Zurich - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
There is more than one meaning of Zurich discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.
We are planning to let all links go to the correct meaning directly, but for now you will have to search it out from the list below by yourself.
This page was last modified 18:13, 24 May 2006.
86.1911encyclopedia.org /Zurich   (67 words)

  
 Swiss Canton of Zurich - switzit.co.uk
Zurich is bounded in part by the Lake of Zurich in the south and Germany in the north.
In the canton there are numerous towns and a few industrial cities, notably Winterthur and the capital, Zurich The largest Swiss city, Zurich is the country's commercial and economic center (machinery, printing and publishing industry as well as and international banking and finance sectors).
Occupied as early as the Neolithic period by lake dwellers, the site of Zurich was settled by the Helvetii.
www.switzit.co.uk /places/canton_ZH.htm   (184 words)

  
 TWELFTH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
was born about 1490 in Aesch (Neftenbach Paris), Canton of Zurich (formerly Kyburg County), Switzerland.
He was living in 1553 in Aesch (Neftenbach Paris), Canton of Zurich (formerly Kyburg County), Switzerland.
was born before 1540 in Aesch (Neftenbach Paris), Canton of Zurich (formerly Kyburg County), Switzerland.
www.tulane.edu /~woodward/suter/d4063.htm   (100 words)

  
 hotels, resorts, palaces and chateaux, castles, suites, bungalows, boutique hotels, monastries
Baur Au Lac Hotel is Zurich's prestigious landmark of unequaled hospitality, elegance and impeccable service with a 150 year tradition of hosting international travellers.
A favorite situation on the shore of the Lake of Zurich with View on the City and the Alpes.
The Swissotel Zurich is centrally located, 10 minutes from the International Airport Zurich Kloten and downtown Zurich.
www.finesthotels.net /hotels/advhtl.php?hdi=314   (303 words)

  
 Swiss Genealogy : Canton Zürich
Geschichte des Kantons Zürich (History of the canton Zürich, in German, abstracted from Schweizer Lexikon, Verlag Schweizer Lexikon, Horw 1998).
You are further invited to discuss your questions with other researchers interested in canton Zürich on the "Genealogieforum Zürich" (dialogue in German or French).
When posting, please, keep in mind that only topics related to Zürich should be placed here; for topics related to other regions, please, change to the corresponding canton or to the forum for Switzerland in general (dialogue in German or French).
www.swissgenealogie.ch /kant/zhallg-e.htm   (376 words)

  
 Wurts Coat of Arms
On "the Tuesday after St. Nicholas' Day, A.D. 1492," Heinrich, Jacob and Johannes of Urikon were knighted at Einsideln, Canton of Zurich, by Frederic, Roman Emperor, whereupon they received a confirmation, "to them and their heirs, forever and ever" of the ancient coat of arms portrayed here.
Visit my WURTS Family Database, descendants of Johannes Conrad Wurts and Anna Goetschi, who arrived in Philadelphia on the 29th of May, 1735, having departed from Zurich, Switzerland, on the 4th of October, 1734, and married en route, in Neuwied, Germany.
pastor of a church in Aadorf, in the canton of Zurich.
pages.prodigy.net /reed_wurts/heraldry/wurts.htm   (1855 words)

  
 Business location - Standort - Amt für Wirtschaft und Arbeit - Volkswirtschaftsdirektion - Internet Kanton Zürich ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Zurich - the intelligent place to live and work
Renowned academic addresses such as the University of Zurich, the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and IBM’s Research Laboratory, mean that Zurich has an adequate supply of qualified specialists at the cutting edge of science.
However, the cost of it all is still relatively modest: Zurich’s taxes are among the lowest in Europe.
www.location.zh.ch.cob-web.org:8888 /internet/vd/awa/standort/en/wirtschaft.html   (316 words)

  
 Metro Magazine (Features)
When you arrive at Zurich International Airport, an underground railway station is located inside the airport for passengers traveling to the downtown area.
Critical to Zurich’s success is a comprehensive transit priority program that was implemented over the past 25 years to accelerate operating speeds along the LRT network.
On Feb. 9, the citizens of Zurich voted to spend $442.6 million on a new light rail system connecting the city with the airport.
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