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Bahnhofbrücke is a road and tramway bridge over the Limmat in the city of Zürich in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

The Pestalozzi-Bibliothek Zürich (PBZ) is the public library of the City of Zürich, Switzerland. It operates a total of 14 branches. The PBZ financed primarily through contributions from the city government, with a small contribution from the cantonal government.The library traces its founding to 1896 with the Pestalozzi Society, named for the educator born in Zürich and advancing his ideals. As of 2020, the PBZ system attracts about one million visits annually.

The Archive of Contemporary History (Archiv für Zeitgeschichte) is part of the Institute for History at ETH Zurich and serves as the archive for the history of Switzerland from the late 19th century to the present. It preserves and catalogues personal estates as well as institutional archives (textual, audio, and visual documents) from private collections and makes these historical sources accessible to the public.

Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Zurich Central Library) is the main library of both the city and the University of Zurich, housed in the Predigerkloster, the former Black Friars' abbey, in the old town's Rathaus quarter. It was founded in 1914 by a merger of the former cantonal and city libraries. Its history ultimately goes back to the Stiftsbibliothek of the Grossmünster abbey, first attested in 1259. Much of the abbey's library was lost in the Swiss Reformation, especially in an incident of book burning on 14 September 1525, reducing it to a total inventory of 470 volumes. From 1532, Konrad Pellikan (1478–1556) began rebuilding the Stiftsbibliothek, especially with the purchase of Zwingli's private library, and the library catalogue in 1551 lists 770 volumes. The city library had been established in 1634, and its policy to allow access only to citizens of Zurich led to disputes with the university, which led to the establishment of a cantonal library in 1835, built from some 3,500 volumes with 14,000 titles of the Stiftsbibliothek, some 340 volumes of the recent University Library (since 1833) and some 1,700 volumes of the Gymnasiumsbibliothek (since 1827). The Zentralbibliothek currently houses some 5.1 million items, among these 3.9 million printed volumes, 124,000 manuscripts, 243,000 maps and 560,000 microfiches.

The Predigerkloster was a monastery of the Dominican Order, established around 1234 and abolished in 1524, in the imperial city of Zürich, Switzerland. Its church, the Predigerkirche, is one of the four main churches in Zürich, and was first built in 1231 as a Romanesque church of the then Dominican monastery. In the first half of the 14th century it was converted, the choir between 1308 and 1350 rebuilt, and a for that time unusually high bell tower built, regarded as the highest Gothic edifice in Zürich.

The Zurich massacre was an anti-Semitic episode in Zurich, Switzerland, which occurred in 1349. The incident was caused by antisemitism in the city due to the alleged murder of the son of a Zurich man, and fueled by the subsequent accusations of well poisoning. This event took place in the frame of the widespread Black Death persecutions, where the Jews were accused of spreading the bubonic plague (known as Black Death).

The 1929 UCI Road World Championships, organized on Friday 16 August 1929, was the ninth edition of the UCI Road World Championships. It was the second time the championships took place in Zürich, Switzerland after the 1923 edition. The course, with Zürich as both start and finish place, was around 200km. All 16 professional cyclists finished, with Georges Ronsse -succeeding himself as world champion- reaching an average speed of 29.405 km/h. In the same period, the 1929 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich.

The 1946 UCI Road World Championships was the nineteen edition of the UCI Road World Championships. It took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 31 August and 1 September 1946. It was the third time the championships were organized in Zürich, after the 1923 and 1929 editions. The course, with Zürich as both start and finish place, was around 189km for the amateurs and 270km for professional cyclists. Winner Hans Knecht finished with an average speed of 36.448 km/h. In the same period, the 1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich.

The 1923 UCI Road World Championships was the third edition of the UCI Road World Championships. It took place on Saturday 23 August 1923 in Zürich, Switzerland and consisted of 1 race for amateur cyclists. In the same period, the 1923 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome of Zürich.

Zürich ( ZURE-ik, ZOOR-ik, German: [ˈtsyːrɪç] (listen); see below) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2023 the municipality has 443,037 inhabitants, the urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Romans, who called it Turicum. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant Reformation in Europe under the leadership of Huldrych Zwingli.The official language of Zürich is German, but the main spoken language is Zürich German, the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. Many museums and art galleries can be found in the city, including the Swiss National Museum and Kunsthaus. Schauspielhaus Zürich is considered to be one of the most important theatres in the German-speaking world.Zürich is home to many financial institutions and banking companies.

Liebfrauenkirche (lit. 'Dear Lady Church') is a Catholic church in Zurich, Switzerland. Due to the influx of Catholic immigration in Zurich in the 19th century, it was built from 1893 to 1894 under the Romanesque Revival architecture designs of the architect August Hardegger. Its patron saint is Mary, Mother of God.

ETH Library is the largest public scientific and technical library in Switzerland. As the central university library and knowledge hub of ETH Zurich, the ETH Library ensures the provision of scientific and technical information. Furthermore, it also offers resources for the public and for companies in research and development. Particular emphasis is placed on electronic information for university members and on the development of innovative services.