Zurich District

Zurich District is a district (Bezirk) of the Swiss canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

History
In 1814, the former district of Zürich was established including the municipalities – "Landgemeinden des Bezirks Zürich" (country municipalities) – surrounding the old city of Zürich, the so-called Altstadt. The district of Zürich as it exists today, was created on 1 July 1989, by splitting the former district of Zürich into three parts:


 * The western part became the district of Dietikon;
 * the eastern part became the district (respectively city) of Zürich with its subdivisions;
 * the municipality of Zollikon located east of Zürich was integrated into the district of Meilen.

Therefore, since 1 July 1989, the district of Zürich (SFOS number 0112) shares the same area as the city of Zürich (0261) with its subdivisions totalling (as of ) inhabitants on an area of 87.78 km2.

From June 12, 2023, the services of the registration office will still be offered at three central locations: in the Stadthaus, at Oerlikon train station and at Helvetiaplatz. All locations are now available to Zurich residents regardless of where they live. This completes the process of gradually merging the originally twelve district offices, which started in 2017.

Municipalities (subdivisions) of the district of Zürich
Since 1893 respectively 1934 the city of Zürich as well as the district of Zürich are formed by the old city of Zürich (Altstadt) and by a total of 19 former politically independent municipalities:

Mergers and exclusions

 * 1871: Schwamendingen excluded → Oerlikon
 * 1893: Merger of Aussersihl, Enge, Fluntern, Hirslanden, Hottingen, Oberstrass, Riesbach, Unterstrass, Wiedikon, Wipkingen, Wollishofen and Altstadt → City of Zürich
 * 1931: Merger of Niederurdorf and Oberurdorf → Urdorf
 * 1934: Merger of Affoltern, Albisrieden, Altstetten, Höngg, Oerlikon, Schwamendingen, Seebach, Witikon and Zürich → City of Zürich
 * 1986: Zollikon excluded → Meilen District
 * 1989: Exclusion of the then remaining 13, excluding the city of Zürich, municipalities → Dietikon District
 * 2023: All twelve districts have been merged into 3 central offices