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{{Short description|Dominican nunnery in Zürich}}
'''Oetenbach''' was a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[nunnery]] in the medieval [[Municipalities of the canton of Zürich|municipality]] of [[Zürich]] in Switzerland. Oetenbach was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at [[Zürichhorn]], situated outside of the European Middle Ages town walls, but moved to the present [[Sihlbühl]]. The nunnery was abolished on occasion of the [[Reformation in Zürich]] – the [[Waisenhaus Zürich|Waisenhaus]] building is its only remained structure, now the headquarters of [[Stadtpolizei Zürich]].▼
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▲'''Oetenbach''' was a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[nunnery]] in the medieval [[Municipalities of the canton of Zürich|municipality]] of [[Zürich]] in Switzerland. Oetenbach was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at [[Zürichhorn]], situated outside of the European Middle Ages town walls, but moved to the present [[Sihlbühl]]. The nunnery was abolished on the occasion of the [[Reformation in Zürich]] – the [[Waisenhaus Zürich|Waisenhaus]] building is its only
[[File:Zürich - Schipfe IMG 0275.jpg|thumb|upright|The area of the abolished nunnery towards Uraniastrasse, as seen from [[Limmatquai]], [[Schipfe]] and [[Lindenhof hill|Lindenhof]] to the left, the [[Waisenhaus Zürich|''Waisenhaus'']] building to the right.]]
== Location ==
The ''Oetenbach'' nunnery was first mentioned in 1237 AD at its first location at the present [[Zürichhorn]]. Because the swampy area at the ''Oetenbach'' stream was a bad place for the construction of a permanently inhabited convent, some decades later, it was built on the northern slope ''Sihlbühl'' of the present [[Oppidum Zürich-Lindenhof|Lindenhof]] hill.
[[File:Oetenbach Murerplan.jpg|thumb|upright|''Oetenbach'' at the [[Lindenhof hill]] on the so-called [[Murerplan]] map of 1576
On the so-called [[Murerplan]] map of 1576, the central ''Lindenhof–Sihlbühl'' hill area is illustrated, surrounded by the [[Limmat]] river – at the top, in fact in the east and not in the north – the ''[[Fröschengraben]]'' and ''[[Schanzengraben]]'' moat to the right, and some [[meander]]ing streams of the [[Sihl]] river to the right. There are also shown the watermills,<ref name="staatsarchiv-mühlesteg">{{cite web|url=http://suche.staatsarchiv.djiktzh.ch/detail.aspx?ID=282426|title=C V 3.13 a.3 Mühlen am Mühlesteg, 1344-1682 (Dossier) |publisher=[[Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich]]
[[File:2015 Sechseläuten - Uranianstrasse - Sihlbühl 2015-04-13 15-30-48.JPG|thumb|upright|The ''Sihlbühl'' respectively ''Uranianstrasse'' area towards the [[Waisenhaus Zürich]] building
== History ==
''Oetenbach'' was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at [[Zürichhorn]], as today named ''Wildbach'' respectively ''Hornbach''. The nuns changed the unhappy chosen location of the former convent to
Because of his great appointment district in the province of the order Dominican ''Teutonia '' order, the [[Predigerkloster]] at [[Neumarkt, Zürich|Neumarkt]] opposite of the Limmat river, influenced almost throughout
The Oetenbach nunnery was dissolved on the occasion of the [[Reformation in Zürich]], and its property was passed over to the city government in 1525. It served
== Oetenbachbollwerk ==
[[File:Regensberg - Ulrich von Regensberg 20100524 18-27-34 ShiftN.jpg|thumb|upright|replic of the gravestone of [[House of Regensberg|''Ulrich I von Regensberg'']] at the [[Regensberg Castle]]]]
The ''Oetenbachbollwerk'' was a bastion of the fortifications, and was built under the supervision of Balthasar Keller in 1532. The stronghold replaced a wooden mounting in the garden of the Oetenbach convent and had to secure the western town wall and the gate at the Limmat
== Gedecktes Brüggli ==
[[File:Oetenbachbollwerk vor 1903.jpg|thumb|upright|Oetenbach bulwark and ''Gedecktes Brüggli'' in 1903]]
The so-called '' Gedecktes Brüggli '' served as a pedestrian bridge, was very popular, but was broken in 1950.<ref name="gangdurzüri-oetenbachbollwerk"/> As its Swiss-German name explains, it was a ''covered wooden bridge'' that was created by architect Vögtlin over an arm of the Limmat river in 1689. Measuring about 17.5
== Wainscoting of the dormitory ==
After the death of the last Oetenbach nun in 1566, the ''grain master'' of the city of Zürich moved his offices
== Waisenhaus ==
{{main|Waisenhaus Zürich}}
[[File:Amtshäuser I und III - Urania Sternwarte -
The last
== See also ==
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== Literature ==
* [[Dölf Wild]]: ''Stadtmauern. Ein neues Bild der Stadtbefestigungen Zürichs'' (= ''Stadtgeschichte und Städtebau in Zürich. Schriften zu Archäologie, Denkmalpflege und Stadtplanung.'' 5). ''Schrift zur Ausstellung im Haus zum Haus zum Rech, Zürich, 6. Februar bis 30. April 2004''. Amt für Städtebau, Baugeschichtliches Archiv, Zürich 2004, {{ISBN|3-905384-05-1}}.
* Christine Barraud Wiener and Peter Jezler: ''Die Stadt Zürich I. Stadt vor der Mauer, mittelalterliche Befestigung und Limmatraum''. In: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Zürich, Wiese Verlag, Basel 1999, {{ISBN
* [[Sigmund Widmer]]: ''Zürich. Eine Kulturgeschichte''. Volume 3. Artemis, Zürich 1975–1986, {{ISBN
== References ==
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