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52-623: Bellevue is situated next to the much larger Sechseläutenplatz (Sechseläuten Square) to the south of Bellevue. To the west is the Quaibrücke (Quay Bridge), which runs over the outflow of Lake Zurich into the Limmat , making it the southernmost bridge over the Limmat. To the north is the Limmatquai , a street running along the riverbank. To the south is Utoquai , a lakefront quay. The square

104-612: 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

156-503: A criminal offense according to Art. 24. Sechsel%C3%A4uten The Sechseläuten ( Zürich German : Sächsilüüte , "The six o'clock ringing of the bells") is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich celebrated in its current form, usually on the 3rd Monday of April, since the early 20th century. Following the parade of the Zünfte ( guilds ), the climax of

208-539: A kiosk, a ZüriWC public toilet, and a ticket counter of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV) public transportation company. Located on what was once swampland between the Limmat and Lake Zurich, prehistoric pile dwellings around Lake Zurich were discovered dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age. They were built on small islands and peninsulas and set on piles to protect against occasional flooding by

260-491: 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

312-528: Is bound by Theaterstrasse to the east, Rämistrasse to north, and Schoeckstrasse to the south. The square is about 200 metres (660 ft) north-west of the Stadelhofen railway station . The square is one of the nodal points of Zurich tram lines 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, and 15, as well the regional bus lines 912 and 916, being the border between the Rathaus and Hochschulen quarters . The square was not used in

364-731: Is often referred to by locals as "das Bellevue" ("the Bellevue"), and is now one of the most important transport hubs in the city, for public transport as well as road traffic. Like the Bürkliplatz square on the opposite side of the Quaibrücke, Bellevueplatz is used for Sechseläuten and other public festivals, so traffic operations have to be stopped several times each year. Bellevueplatz was renovated between March and 25 October 2015, with minor corrections in November 2015, during which

416-512: 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

468-581: Is tactilely detectable for visually impaired people. Sechsel%C3%A4utenplatz Sechseläutenplatz (literally: Sechseläuten square) is the largest town square situated in Zurich , Switzerland . Its name derives from the Sechseläuten (the city's traditional spring holiday), which is celebrated on the square in April. Sechseläutenplatz is located on the east shore of Lake Zurich , just south of

520-575: The Linth and Jona . Zurich–Enge Alpenquai is located on the Lake Zurich lakeshore in Enge , a locality of the municipality of Zurich. It was neighbored by similar settlements at Kleiner Hafner and Grosser Hafner on what was then a peninsula in the effluence of the lake, within an area of about 0.2 km (0.077 sq mi) within the present city of Zurich. The settlement sites are listed on

572-581: The Münsterhof square, and 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

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624-697: 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

676-479: The city fortification , and was originally surrounded almost entirely by the water of Lake Zurich. The bulwark comprised casemates with loopholes and a platform for artillery to defend against attackers on the lake. It complemented the Bauschänzli bastion on the western side of the Limmat, and the medieval Grendeltor , a river gate and customs station that stood on the site of Haus Bellevue . Around 1700, after

728-602: 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

780-513: The Sechseläuten parade and the burning of an official Böögg was introduced in 1902. In that same year, the location of burning the Böögg was moved from the left to the right shore of Lake Zurich . The square where the Böögg was burnt was called Tonhalleplatz until 1947, when it was renamed into Sechseläuten Square. Popular tradition has it that the time between the lighting of the pyre and

832-477: The UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps , and in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class object . From 1558 to 1562 the round Auf Dorf bastion with battlements was built at the site of the present Bellevueplatz at the junction of Limmatquai and Rämistrasse. Structurally, it was connected to the Langenöhrlisturm of

884-519: 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

936-542: The bells". Changing to summer working hours traditionally was a joyous occasion because it marked the beginning of the season where people had some non-working daylight hours. But initially the guilds were only responsible for organizing a parade, and not for burning the Böögg. Burnings of Böögg figures (the Swiss German term for " bogey ", in origin scary-looking ragdolls) in spring are attested in various places of

988-510: The canton of Zurich. The loss of 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

1040-460: The city from the late 18th and early 19th century, without direct connection to the Sechseläuten. From 1902 until 1951 , the holiday used to be held on the first Monday following vernal equinox . On that day, the Fraumünster bell, for the first time in the year, tolled to mark the end of working hours at 6 p.m. (historically the time of sunset on vernal equinox ). The holiday was moved to

1092-446: The city. City ordinances strictly regulated the length of the working day in that era. During the winter semester the workday in all workshops lasted as long as there was daylight, but during the summer semester (i.e. starting on Monday following vernal equinox ) the law proclaimed that work must cease when the church bells tolled at six o'clock. Sechseläuten is a Swiss German word that literally translates into "The six o'clock ringing of

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1144-627: The classical sense as a public square for recreation until the adjoining Sechseläutenplatz was rebuilt in 2013 for public use. In addition to the Sechseläutenplatz and quaysides, there is also Café Odeon , where writers and the Zurich Bohème would meet, the Kronenhalle and Sternen Grill restaurants, and the Limmatquai and other attractions downstream along the Limmat. In the historic tram stop building, there are two snack bars and

1196-512: The construction of embankments, the bulwark lost its original function. Equipped with a solid roof, the area served as a salt house. Until 1795 the construction of a new seawall was carried out, and at the Kohlepörtli gate, goods were transhipped between Lake Zurich and Limmat. Remains from the c. 1830 demolition were discovered on occasion of road works in March 2015. First mentioned in 1863,

1248-400: 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

1300-404: The effigy could be burned again and as mandated. In 1923, it has rained too much, and the Böögg didn't burn. In 1941 during World War II, no Böögg was burned as the field was used to plant corn. In 1942 it was again possible to burn the Böögg , but the field was not allowed to be stepped on as the field was used to plant potatoes. In 1943 the field was used to plant wheat, therefore

1352-430: The effigy represented some yearly disaster such as the influenza . The burning was also partially a protest against the demolition of the neighborhood Zum Kratz , which was accomplished around 1890. In 1892 the guilds then received the responsibility of burning the effigy, but now it no longer represented some disaster, but rather the winter itself, which is why the doll nowadays resembles a snowman . The combination of

1404-409: The explosion of the Böögg ' s head is indicative of the coming summer: a quick explosion promises a warm, sunny summer, a drawn-out burning indicates a cold and rainy one. The shortest time on record is 5:07 minutes in 1974 and the longest is 57:00 minutes in 2023. The roots of the festival go back to medieval times when the first day of summer working hours was celebrated in the guildhalls across

1456-627: The former military harbour of 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

1508-553: The guilds of Zürich allow the women of Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster to practice Sechseläuten, usually just being guests of the guilds respectively the Constaffel society, but still not being as an official guild in Zürich. In 2020 and 2021 the Sechseläuten parade was cancelled owing to COVID-19 pandemic ; 2020 was the first time in almost 100 years that it had not taken place. It returned as normal on 25 April 2022. In 2023,

1560-478: The head exploded in 57 minutes exactly, setting a new record. This year the Böögg also bore a halberd in memory of Canton Schwyz which was the guest. In 2024 the burning of the Böögg was canceled due to high winds, although the parade and celebration took place. Additional events of the holiday nowadays also include: During this festival the popular march known as the Sechseläutenmarsch

1612-402: The head, instead of traditionally exploding, burnt down very quietly caused a lot of confusion. After approximately 20 minutes the head had burnt away completely, but leaving a large piece of the neck hanging from the stake. It was the explosion of that piece that ended this year's event. In 2012, it took 12 minutes and 07 seconds, and in this year there was some confusion if both firecrackers in

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1664-544: The holiday is the burning of Winter in effigy , in the form of the Böögg , a figure of a snowman prepared with explosives. The custom of burning a rag doll called Böögg predates the Sechseläuten . A Böögg (cognate to bogey ) was originally a masked character doing mischief and frightening children during the carnival season. The neighborhood association Zum Kratz has burned a Böögg each year, but originally

1716-735: 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

1768-566: 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 the terminus of the Forchbahn (FOB) . To the north, Sechseläutenplatz merges into Bellevueplatz , where stops for

1820-411: The location of burning the Böögg was moved onto the dam in the port in Enge . In 1944 the Böögg was burned again in the port of Enge, but this time the Böögg fell into Lake Zurich as the construction was not stable enough. Some people then pulled the effigy out of the lake and at least threw his head into the fire. In 2007, the explosion of the Böögg ' s head took place 12:09 minutes after

1872-399: 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

1924-587: The major festivals of two political poles of the society of Zürich has led to various interferences in the past, for example the abduction of the Böögg in 2006 by leftist "revolutionaries" a few days before the Sechseläuten . Since then, several Böögg s are held in reserve with the main one stored at a bank nearby the Sechseläutenplatz (the open area in front of the Opernhaus near Bellevue where most Zürich open air activities take place). Since 2010

1976-471: The neck of the Böögg had exploded. It was determined that 12 min 07 secs was the mark. In 2014, the head exploded quite quickly (7 Minutes and 23 seconds) but it ended up being a poor summer. In 2015, the head exploded quite quickly and it ended up being a very good summer. In 2016, the head exploded after 43 minutes and 34 seconds, setting a new record, which held until 2023. In 2017, the head exploded after 9 minutes and 56 seconds. A quick time and there

2028-400: 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

2080-460: The pyre was lit, promising a medium warm summer. In 2008, heavy rains soaked the Böögg and the wood pyre materials so much that firemen had to spray the pyre with kerosene or fuel oil after initial ignition in addition to 15 liters of fire accelerant which was initially thrown on the pyre. It took 26:01 minutes for the Bööggs head to explode which indicates a poor weather summer.The fact that

2132-421: 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

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2184-471: 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

2236-485: The square was named after the hotel Bellevue, which was built at Limmatquai 1 in 1856. In mid-October 1937, Hermann Herter's design for the Bellevue-Rondell, to replace an old station concourse, was under construction at the square. While the heavy iron canopy was being raised, a hoist broke and a worker fell to the ground with the structure. There were no injuries. Despite the official name, Bellevueplatz, it

2288-510: 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

2340-431: The third Monday of April in 1952. Because of the later date, and because of summer time introduced in 1981, the lighting of the Böögg' s pyre at 6 p.m. has now moved to several hours before nightfall. Additionally, because of its present date, the holiday is often within a week of 1 May, leading to a stark contrast between the upper class dominated Sechseläuten and the working class holiday of May Day . This proximity of

2392-415: The tram lines were redirected from June to mid-August. The edges of the tram tracks are designed to not cause obstruction, and the tracks at Rämistrasse between Café Odeon and Quaibrücke were rearranged and separated from bicycle lanes. As part of the road renewal works, the pedestrian crossings from Bellevue to Utoquai and from Sechseläutenplatz to Utoquai have been provided with a protective island that

2444-635: The whole executive council of Schwyz took part in the festivities. The Federal Councilors Viola Amherd , Elisabeth Baume-Schneider and the Presidents of the National Council and the Council of States Martin Candinas and Brigitte Häberli-Koller were also present. In 1921, the Böögg was burned early by a student instigated by communists. A replacement was found quickly though and

2496-491: Was "thoroughly tested over 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

2548-457: Was a good summer In 2020, Sechseläuten was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the head exploded after 12 minutes and 57 seconds. Sechseläuten was again cancelled but the Böögg was still burned. To avoid crowds that could spread COVID-19 the Böögg was relocated to Schöllenen Gorge in the canton of Uri and burned outside Zurich for the first time in its history. In 2023

2600-557: 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

2652-557: 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,

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2704-510: 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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