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Zürich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld, Zürich — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Sihlfeld is a district 3 quarter of Zürich, marked by the Bullingerkirche, Don Bosco Zürich and the playing fields of the Sportanlage Sihlhölzli.
About Zürich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld
Where to stay in Zürich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
A visitor booking around Sihlfeld is really choosing how far to walk. The quarter is residential ground on the district 3 side of Zürich, and the beds that exist sit among apartment streets rather than along any hotel row, with the Bullingerkirche and Don Bosco Zürich as the nearest fixed points. Museums pull the other way, since the FIFA Museum, Haus Konstruktiv and the Kriminalmuseum der Kantonspolizei Zürich all lie within a walk or one short ride of the Sportanlage Sihlhölzli.
Zürich centre remains the fallback.
About Zürich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld
What are the main landmarks in Zürich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld?
Sihlfeld keeps its landmarks low and local. The Bullingerkirche, the Zwinglikirche and Don Bosco Zürich divide the parish ground between them, while the Oswald-Heer-Denkmal, the Conrad-Gessner-Denkmal and the Hegetschweiler-Gedenkstein set three commemorative stones among the same streets. The Sportanlage Sihlhölzli supplies the playing fields.
Further out lie the Kriminalmuseum der Kantonspolizei Zürich, the Musée du FC Zurich and the Wasserturm Schanzengraben, with Kloster Selnau and Kirche Enge closing the list.
What is the history of Zürich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld?
Graves at Bäckerstrasse put an early-medieval burial field in the record of this part of Zürich, long before district 3 took its present shape. Three memorial stones remain. The Oswald-Heer-Denkmal, the Conrad-Gessner-Denkmal and the Hegetschweiler-Gedenkstein each fix a name in the ground here, and the Bullingerkirche and the Zwinglikirche carry two more through the parish streets of Sihlfeld.
Where is Zürich (Kreis 3) / Sihlfeld?
District 3 of Zürich contains Sihlfeld, whose streets run past the Bullingerkirche, Don Bosco Zürich and the Sportanlage Sihlhölzli.
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Updated September 2026