page_title: Bauschänzli
section_title: Modern history
hierarchical_section_title: Bauschänzli / History / Modern history
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Zürich, Limmat und Zürichsee&#160;: Anlegestelle (1835-1883) für die Dampfschiffe der heutigen Zürichsee-Schiffahrtsgesellschaft beim Bauschänzli. Rechts im Bild das "Bauhaus" mit dem angebauten, ehemaligen Halbturm (1542) der Stadtbefestigung im Kratzquartier.Deutlich zu erkennen ist der im Volksmund "Seufzerbrücke" (1856 ersetzt) genannte Fussgängersteg, der das Bauschänzli mit dem "Bauhaus" verband. Da die vorherige Zugbrücke um das Jahr 1842 ersetzt wurde, dürfte sich die Ansicht auf die Jahre um 1842-1856 datieren lassen.Beim dargestellten Raddampfer könnte es sich um die "Republikaner" handeln, welche die "Minerva" auf der Schiffstrecke Zürich-Schifflände-Rapperswil (SG) ab 1839 abgelöst haben soll.English: Zürich, Limmat and Lake Zurich&#160;: Steamship gate (1835-1883) on the line Zürich-Rapperswil (SG)-Zürich at "Bauschänzli", "Bauhaus" in the Kratz quarter to the right side, as seen in the years 1842-1856.
context_page_description: Bauschänzli is an artificial island, town square, and public park in Zürich, Switzerland. Bauschänzli is one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich which began in 1642. The neighboring Schanzengraben and the Old Botanical Garden are part of these remains. Since 1907, the island has been used as a restaurant, although it is officially a public square and park.
context_section_description: The name Bauschänzli derives from the former building site Bauplatz Schanz, meaning "construction site at the Lair" or, literally, bastion. Later, it was popularly called Schänzlein im Wasser, situated in the historical Kratz quarter. It was built as a bulwark. A picket fence was built in the south on what was the shore of Lake Zurich, between 1657 and 1662 AD.
  Today, Bauschänzli is reached from the west bank of the Limmat, at that time the site of the Bauhaus of the city's engineer, by a web-scraped drawbridge. As a southerly outpost, it served as a bastion to protect the city against naval attacks. On a shoal in the Limmat funnel, a small hill was built in 1660 to block access from the lake to the city. It was called Halbmond meaning "half moon", and was planted with trees. However, it was never threatened in the following years, and thus it was used primarily for public events. The Schwirren, lakeside palisades, were demolished in 1834/35 and its wall fortification in 1842. While the fortifications were abolished, the Bauschänzli bastion remained intact and served from 1835 to 1883 as the landing site for the first steamboats on the lake, later provided by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG). For some years, it was the property of the Canton of Zürich but was sold back to the city in 1846, under the condition that it must remain open to the public as a public square. The Leutholdplan map of 1846 showed it as a public park with tall trees and huge pillars in its center. In 1907, the owner of the Metropol building at Stadthausquai was allowed to run a garden restaurant and a building was erected for the Biergarten and to house an electric lighting facility. The current economic building and the distinctive column-like poplar were erected in 1937. In 2001/2002, in addition to the renovation and expansion of the Herter-building, new trees were planted and replenished, and the urban Plan Lumière was implemented.
caption: Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) landing gate probably in the 1850s
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