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Veltheim (Kreis 5), Winterthur — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Veltheim, the fifth district of Winterthur, keeps the Am Römerholz collection, the Veltheim church and the Sommerhalde housing inside one quarter.
About Veltheim (Kreis 5)
Where to stay in Veltheim (Kreis 5)
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Veltheim holds housing rather than hotels. Rooms are easier to find in central Winterthur, and the usual reason to come out to the fifth district is the Am Römerholz collection, a short trip from the city centre. Siedlung Sommerhalde and the rows on Bachtelstrasse fix the residential character.
Trottenstrasse carries the Tambürlihaus among its listed addresses.
About Veltheim (Kreis 5)
What are the main landmarks in Veltheim (Kreis 5)?
Art brings most visitors here. Museum collection Am Römerholz occupies the Villa Am Römerholz, while the Veltheim church and the reformed rectory Veltheim anchor the older core of the quarter. Hegnertrotte, the Schickhof farm buildings and the Tambürlihaus on Trottenstrasse fill out the heritage list.
Wülflingen Castle stands nearby on the same Winterthur register. Housing counts too: the Siedlung Sommerhalde houses on Sommerhaldenstrasse and the listed rows of Bachtelstrasse appear on the list address by address.
What is the history of Veltheim (Kreis 5)?
Old farm buildings survive on Bachtelstrasse. Two former farmhouse-and-poorhouse addresses there, together with the Schickhof and the Hegnertrotte, record the working land that lay behind the Veltheim church long before Winterthur numbered its districts. The reformed rectory Veltheim belongs to the same phase.
Housing followed along Sommerhaldenstrasse and Bachtelstrasse, and the Villa Am Römerholz took in the museum collection Am Römerholz that draws visitors out from central Winterthur.
Where is Veltheim (Kreis 5)?
Veltheim covers a compact stretch of Winterthur, its streets running from the Veltheim church out to Sommerhaldenstrasse and the Bachtelstrasse rows.
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More areas in Winterthur
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- Mattenbach (Kreis 7)
- 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