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Zürich (Kreis 10) / Höngg, Zürich — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A quarter of district 10 in Zürich, Höngg keeps Heilig Geist, the Swiss Finance Museum and the MuDA among its addresses.
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Small museums do the work of a sight here: the Swiss Finance Museum, the MuDA and the Abwasser-Museum all sit inside Höngg, which otherwise runs to houses and church halls. Hotel rooms are scarce. Most travellers book in central Zürich and ride out to the quarter for an afternoon, with Heilig Geist and the Kirchgemeindehaus Grünau on the same circuit.
The Findlingsgarten Kappenbühl adds the green stop.
About Zürich (Kreis 10) / Höngg
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Museums here are small and specific. The Swiss Finance Museum and the musée du monde des papiers-valeurs both take securities as their subject, while the Abwasser-Museum turns to the wastewater beneath the streets. MuDA and the gta Archives round out the indoor list.
Heilig Geist and the Kirchgemeindehaus Grünau are the church buildings, and outdoors the Findlingsgarten Kappenbühl lays out its boulders.
What is the history of Zürich (Kreis 10) / Höngg?
Höngg's older record barely fills a line. What survives in the list is a parish and its hall, Heilig Geist and the Kirchgemeindehaus Grünau, set against a much later run of small museums that gave the quarter its indoor attractions. The Findlingsgarten Kappenbühl predates all of it.
Two of those museums, the Swiss Finance Museum and the musée du monde des papiers-valeurs, record the paper side of Zürich rather than the quarter's own past.
Where is Zürich (Kreis 10) / Höngg?
Höngg fills a large share of district 10 in Zürich, and the Findlingsgarten Kappenbühl counts among its open ground.
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Updated September 2026