Stallikon: Sellenbüren
Sellenbüren is best known within the canton of Zurich for its former Cistercian convent, whose community later established the Selnau convent in Zurich. The hamlet forms part of Stallikon in the Reppisch valley, on the eastern side of the Albis range south-west of the city of Zurich. Wooded hills, pasture and cultivated fields define this settled rural corridor, while the Reppisch runs north toward the Limmat. Sellenbüren’s monastery history connects this small locality with Zurich’s medieval religious landscape; the later Selnau convent stood on land now associated with the city district of the same name. Today the locality remains a residential and agricultural part of the municipality, with routes through the Albis and across the valley linking it to the surrounding countryside.
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Stallikon has served as an agricultural community on Zurich’s rural fringe since the Middle Ages. The municipality lies between the Albis ridge and the Reppisch valley, where fields, woodland and scattered hamlets contrast with nearby Zurich. The Reppisch, a tributary of the Limmat, follows the valley and gives the area a clear north–south orientation. Stallikon includes Sellenbüren and extends towards the slopes below Uetliberg, a well-known landmark above the city. Farming, residential neighbourhoods and close links to Zurich all shape local life. Continue with other webcams around Zurich to see how this part of the Reppisch valley connects across the canton.
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Built around a crossing on the Limmat River, Zurich grew into Switzerland’s largest city and one of Europe’s important financial centres. The city lies where the Limmat leaves Lake Zurich, with the wooded Uetliberg ridge rising to the west and the airport district extending northward. Its compact old town preserves lanes and guild houses on both banks of the river, while the Romanesque Grossmünster and the Fraumünster, renowned for stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall, mark the historic centre. Zurich’s museums, universities and lakeside promenades give the city a role that reaches well beyond banking. Explore additional webcams nearby to see how Zurich connects with Lake Zurich, the Limmat Valley and the Swiss Plateau.
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