The Lindenhof was the site of the Helvetii
Oppidum and the first century BC Roman settlement (15 BC), with traces of a
hypocaustum excavated between
Weinplatz and
Münsterhof. It was then the historical core of modern Zurich. This is the oldest area of the city, with settlements dating to the pre-Roman
La Tène culture, and fortified as
oppidum with a surrounding
Vicus Turicum in the final decades of the 1st century BC. In medieval times, the
Oetenbach nunnery was located in the district, but was abolished in 1525 and finally demolished in 1901/02. The
Uraniastrasse road and the
Urania Sternwarte were later built, and the so-called
Waisenhaus Zürich asylum became the headquarters of the Zurich City Police. Today the Schipfe is well known for its romantic houses at the Limmat and several almost hidden shops opposite the
Limmatquai. First mentioned in 1292 as "Schüpfi" (German for
where the boats land), the quarter has a population of 431 distributed on an area less of 0.5 km2. == References ==