Zugora

Old town and townscape

Zuger Altstadt

Zug · 421 m above sea level

Translation This English text is a draft translation of the German original and has not been reviewed yet.

Old town of Zug
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 3.0

The old town of Zug on the lakeshore looks back on about 800 years of history and has preserved a large number of medieval buildings. The streets Ober and Unter Altstadt run between the Zytturm clock tower, the town hall and the lake.

Facts

  • About 800 years of town history
  • Many medieval buildings preserved
  • The Zytturm, the town hall, Kolinplatz and Landsgemeindeplatz are in the old town

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,589 / 1,224,394

Sources and rights

  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
  • Photos of the places of interest: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence with each photo.
  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.