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The Old Town is more or less the same thing as the Lindenhof hill. The Limmat river is dividing the old town, and on the west bank is the 700 meter high Lindenhof. The Limmat river also starts here. The Old City, known as Die Altstadt, is the first Kreis, of totally twelve Zurich distrtict.

A tombstone found in Lindenhof, from the 2nd century, is the earliest written record of the town of Zurich.

King Henry 3 gave the city its first right to hold markets, collect tolls, and make own coins. The first big city wall was built covering the 38 hectars and its citizens, the second wall then came up during the 16th and 17th centuries when Zurich tried to isolate it self from the imposing fortifications.

Today the Old City is a must and the heart of the city, if you have the time get your self up and have a look at the Limmat river and the Old Town standing at the Lindenhof.