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Zürich (Kreis 7) / Hottingen, Zürich — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hottingen is a Zürich quarter in Kreis 7 with a literary address list, from the Literaturhaus Zürich to the Zürich James Joyce Foundation.
About Zürich (Kreis 7) / Hottingen
Where to stay in Zürich (Kreis 7) / Hottingen
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Hottingen is residential after dark. The quarter carries reading rooms and museums rather than a hotel strip, so most visitors take a room in central Zürich and come out to the Literaturhaus Zürich or the Zürich James Joyce Foundation for an afternoon. Beds are few in Hottingen.
About Zürich (Kreis 7) / Hottingen
What are the main landmarks in Zürich (Kreis 7) / Hottingen?
Books mark this quarter. The Zürich James Joyce Foundation and the Literaturhaus Zürich give Hottingen its literary addresses, while the Zürcher Spielzeugmuseum, the Coninx-Museum and the Zoological museum of the university of Zurich fill the smaller end of the museum list. Larger names sit on it too.
The Kunsthaus Zürich, the Zentralbibliothek Zürich and the Swiss National Museum appear alongside the Wasserkirche, the Liebfrauenkirche and the Grimmen tower, all of them within the reach of Zürich rather than the quarter alone.
What is the history of Zürich (Kreis 7) / Hottingen?
Two records overlap here. The sites listed for the quarter as Zürich-Enge Alpenquai and Grosser Hafner reach back well beyond any municipal boundary, and the Rennwegtor and the Kronentor stand on the same list for the earlier fabric of Zürich. Hottingen itself was a municipality until 1893.
Incorporation that year folded it into Kreis 7, though the older name stayed in use and still marks the quarter on the city's own list.
Where is Zürich (Kreis 7) / Hottingen?
Hottingen sits inside Kreis 7, one of the numbered districts that divide Zürich, and the Pavillon Le Corbusier appears on the same quarter list.
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Updated September 2026