Oberwinterthur

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Oberwinterthur
District of the city of Winterthur
District
Winterthur - Hohlandhaus, Hohlandstrasse 11 2011-09-10 14-14-44 ShiftN.jpg
CHE Oberwinterthur Flag.svg
Oberwinterthur-blazon.svg
Karte Winterthur Stadtkreis 2.png
Country Switzerland
Canton Zürich
City Winterthur
Area
  Total17.40 km2 (6.72 sq mi)
Population
 (31. Dec. 2012)
  Total21,748
District number2
Quarters Talacker
Guggenbühl
Zinzikon
Reutlingen
Stadel
Grüze
Hegmatten
Hegi

Oberwinterthur is a district in the Swiss city of Winterthur. It is district number 2.

The district comprises the quarters Talacker, Guggenbühl, Zinzikon, Reutlingen, Stadel, Grüze, Hegmatten and Hegi.

Oberwinterthur was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Winterthur in 1922, and the location of the Roman Vicus Vitudurum .

Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1934) ETH-BIB-Oberwinterthur aus 200 m-Inlandfluge-LBS MH01-007902.tif
Aerial view from 200 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1934)

Transport

Oberwinterthur railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the lines S8, S29 and S30.

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