Lindenhof hill

The Lindenhof ("linden yard") is a moraine hill and public square in the historic center of Zurich, Switzerland.

Lindenhof was largely surrounded by water: until the early medieval area, neighboring Münsterhof (Fraumünster abbey square) was a swampy hollow flooded by the Sihl.

[3][4] In 15 BC, Augustus's stepsons Drusus and Tiberius integrated the territory on the left side of Lake Zurich into the Roman provinces Raetia and Germania Superior.

The tombstone is located in the Swiss National Museum; a copy is integrated in the Lindenhof wall on Pfalzgasse, leading to St. Peter church.

[5] During the Middle Ages, the hilltop leveled fort became the retaining wall and gave the Lindenhof terrace a shape similar to its current one.

Significant parts of the lime mortar and ancient castle walls were integrated into the townhouses around Lindenhof and a Kaiserpfalz (demolished in 1218), which served as a place of festivities, including the engagement of the German emperor Henry IV with Bertha von Turin on Christmas in 1055.

This Kaiserpfalz was a long building with a chapel on the eastern side of the fortified hill; it is last mentioned in 1172, and it was derelict by 1218, when its remains were scavenged for construction of the city walls and stone masonry on private houses.

[6] It is believed that the chapel was part of the route of church processions including the Wasserkirche, Grossmünster, and Fraumünster that ended in 1524 or 1525 (Reformation in Zurich).

The attendees of this dinner included Ulrich Zwingli, the prominent Zurich cleric; Leo Jud; Konrad Pelikan; Friedrich Myconius; and the Kappel abbey's abbot.

The hillside area is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance, including the remains of its prehistoric Celtic, Gallo-Roman and medieval settlements and buildings.