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Mattenbach (Kreis 7), Winterthur — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Mattenbach is district number 7 of Winterthur, shaped by the Siedlung Mühlebrücke and the Arbeitersiedlung Geiselweid workers' terraces.
About Mattenbach (Kreis 7)
Where to stay in Mattenbach (Kreis 7)
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Beds in Mattenbach are few, and the district is better read as a place to walk than a place to sleep. Winterthur holds the rooms. Anyone staying here trades the hotel choice of central Winterthur for streets like Mühlebrückestrasse and Pflanzschulstrasse, where the Siedlung Mühlebrücke and the Arbeitersiedlung Geiselweid line up as terraces of early industrial housing. If you want the Fotomuseum Winterthur and the quiet of Kreis 7 together, this is the side to pick.
About Mattenbach (Kreis 7)
What are the main landmarks in Mattenbach (Kreis 7)?
The Doktorhaus and the Seilerei Kieslig stand among the older survivals in Mattenbach. Industry left the rest. The Nagelfabrik and the machinery of the Winterthur nail factory record what the quarter was built around, while the former Tramdepot Deutweg, known as the Urhalle, has outlived the trams it once sheltered.
A Heinrich Bosshard memorial marks the district too. The Fotomuseum Winterthur, the Swiss Foundation for Photography and Villa Flora sit a short way off in Winterthur.
What is the history of Mattenbach (Kreis 7)?
Mattenbach carries the number 7 in Winterthur's district roll, but its shape came from work rather than administration. Factory wages set the pattern. The Nagelfabrik stood at the centre of that work, and the Arbeitersiedlung Geiselweid on Pflanzschulstrasse and Schauenbergstrasse went up as workers' terraces, as did the Siedlung Mühlebrücke along Mühlebrückestrasse and Hermannstrasse.
Later the Tramdepot Deutweg served the city's trams. The Untervogthaus Seen and the Reformierte Kirche Seen hold an older village layer nearby.
Where is Mattenbach (Kreis 7)?
Mattenbach covers a small block of Winterthur, its ground threaded by Mühlebrückestrasse, Pflanzschulstrasse and Schauenbergstrasse.
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More areas in Winterthur
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)
- Veltheim (Kreis 5)
- Töss (Kreis 4)
- Mattenbach (Kreis 7) / Deutweg
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) / Guggenbühl
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2) / Talacker
- Veltheim (Kreis 5) / Rosenberg
- Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Lind
- Seen (Kreis 3) / Waser
- Töss (Kreis 4) / Eichliacker
- Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen
- Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Heiligberg
Updated September 2026