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Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen, Winterthur — Area Guide & Where to Stay
The Sulzer high-rise marks Neuwiesen, a quarter of Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) that also keeps Villa Ninck and the Neuwiesenhof.
About Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen
Where to stay in Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Neuwiesen sits near the Winterthur core. The quarter runs along Neuwiesenstrasse and gathers the Sulzer high-rise, the Neuwiesenhof and a listed building named Wohnhotel within a few blocks of one another. Beds cluster on this side of Kreis 1. Neuwiesen suits you when Peter und Paul and the Dominikanerinnenkloster Winterthur are the fixed points of the day and the walk matters more than the view.
About Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen
What are the main landmarks in Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen?
Eight entries carry Neuwiesen. The Sulzer high-rise is the tallest of them, and the list drops from that tower to the Neuwiesenhof, Villa Ninck and two Waschhaus buildings recorded at Neuwiesenstrasse addresses. Peter und Paul anchors the religious side, with the Dominikanerinnenkloster Winterthur beside it.
One entry is called Wohnhotel. The mix runs from tower to washhouse inside a single Winterthur quarter.
What is the history of Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen?
Neuwiesen has no founding year on record. Its layers are legible in the buildings instead: a Dominikanerinnenkloster Winterthur for the monastic centuries, Villa Ninck and the Neuwiesenhof for the propertied city, and two Waschhaus entries on Neuwiesenstrasse for the working households that needed them. Then came Sulzer.
The Sulzer high-rise stands as the industrial chapter of the same quarter, and Peter und Paul carries the parish thread through all of it.
Where is Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1) / Neuwiesen?
Neuwiesen occupies a compact stretch of Stadt Winterthur (Kreis 1), threaded by Neuwiesenstrasse and topped by the Sulzer high-rise.
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More areas in Winterthur
- Oberwinterthur (Kreis 2)
- Mattenbach (Kreis 7)
- 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) / Heiligberg
Updated September 2026