- Stauffacher, Zürich
"Stauffacher" is a tram junction (lines 2, 3, 8, 9, 14) in
Aussersihl ,Zürich , next to the St. Jakob church, situated along the "Badenerstrasse" between the "Bäcker" and the "Stauffacher" streets.The tram stop was named after the street, which had been named forWerner Stauffacher in 1893. "Stauffacher" is officially just the name of the tram stop, not the square, and there has formerly been a "Stauffacherplatz" some 200 m forther along the street towards theSihl (named in 1898). Since the name of the tram stop induced common usage to associate "Stauffacherplatz" with the tram stop, leading to confusion with the actual "Stauffacherplatz", the latter was renamed to "Ernst-Nobs-Platz" in 2003.St. Jakob was the site of a sick-house outside the town of Zürich and an associated chapel since the 11th century.The first historical mention of the St. Jakob church dates to 1221. It was the site of the
Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl in 1443.In 1677, the sickhouse was transformed into a "Pfrundhaus" (senior citizens' residence), disestablished in 1842. The current St. Jakob church building was inaugurated in 1901.External links
*http://www.offener-st-jakob.ch/
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