Rennweg (Zurich)
Limmatquai and Quaianlagen in Zürich: Bellevueplatz and Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke, Münsterbrücke and Münsterhof, and Rathausbrücke–Weinplatz, aerial photography by Eduard Spelterini in the probably mid-1890s. | |
| Type | pedestrian zone |
|---|---|
| Owner | City of Zürich |
| Length | about 260 metres (280 yd) |
| Addresses | Rennweg |
| Location | Oetebachgasse–Widdergasse–(Weinplatz) Zürich, Switzerland |
| Postal code | 8001 |
| Coordinates | 47°22′26″N 8°32′19″E / 47.3740°N 8.5387°E |
| Construction | |
| Completion | probably around 1200 AD or before |
Rennweg is a medieval main road and is today part of the inner-city pedestrian zone of Zürich, Switzerland. A rennweg was in the medieval German speaking territories a street where horses were moved. Once, it was one of the nodal points of road and public transportation. Today, as well as the Limmatquai, as well as Augustinergasse, it is a section of the southern extension of the Seeuferanlage promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887. Rennweg is one of the best known visitor attractions of the oldest area of the city of Zürich.