Editing Winterthur (section)

{{short description|City in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland}}
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{{Infobox Swiss town
|subject_name         = Winterthur
|image_photo          = Blick auf die Winterthurer Altstadt.jpg
|image_caption        = View of the old town
|municipality_type    = municipality, town
|imagepath_flag       = CHE Winterthur Flag.svg
|imagepath_coa        = Wappen Winterthur.svg|pixel_coa=
|canton               = Zurich
|iso-code-region      = CH-ZH
|district             = [[Winterthur (district)|Winterthur]]
|coordinates          = {{coord|47|29|56|N|8|43|43|E|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code          = 8400, 8404, 8405, 8406, 8408, 8409, 8404 Stadel (Winterthur), 8404 Reutlingen (Winterthur), 8310 Kempthal, 8352 Ricketwil (Winterthur), 8482 Sennhof (Winterthur), 8542 Wiesendangen, 8545 Rickenbach Sulz
|municipality_code    = 0230
|area                 = 68.07
|elevation            = 439
|elevation_description= Bahnhofplatz
|highest              = [[Hulmen]]
|highest_m            = 687

|lowest               = Kläranlage Hard
|lowest_m             = 393
|population           = {{Swiss populations NC|CH-ZH|0230}} |populationof = {{Swiss populations YM|CH-ZH}} | popofyear = {{Swiss populations Y|CH-ZH}}
|mayor                = Michael Künzle |mayor_asof=2012 |mayor_party=CVP
|parliament_name      = [[#Parliament|Grosser Gemeinderat]]
|parliament_number_of_members = 60
|executive_name       = [[#Government|Stadtrat]]
|executive_number_of_members = 7
|mayor_title          = Stadtpräsident
|list_of_mayors       = List of mayors of Winterthur
|places               = [[Stadt (Winterthur)|Stadt]] (''city''), Dättnau, Deutweg, Ganzenbühl, Grüze, Hegi, Heiligberg, [[Mattenbach]], Oberseen, [[Oberwinterthur]], Rosenberg, Schlosstal, [[Seen (Winterthur)|Seen]], [[Töss]], [[Veltheim (Winterthur)|Veltheim]], [[Wülflingen]], Zinzikon
|demonym              = {{langx|de|link=no|Winterthurer(in)}}
|neighboring_municipalities = [[Brütten]], [[Dinhard]], [[Elsau]], [[Hettlingen]], [[Illnau-Effretikon]], [[Kyburg, Zurich|Kyburg]], [[Lindau, Switzerland|Lindau]], [[Neftenbach]], [[Oberembrach]], [[Pfungen]], [[Rickenbach, Zurich|Rickenbach]], [[Schlatt, Zurich|Schlatt]], [[Seuzach]], [[Wiesendangen]], [[Zell, Zurich|Zell]]
|twintowns            = [[Hall in Tirol]] (Austria), [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] (Switzerland), [[Plzeň]] (Czech Republic), [[Yverdon-les-Bains]] (Switzerland)
|website              = stadt.winterthur.ch
}}
'''Winterthur''' ({{IPA|de|ˈvɪntɐtuːɐ̯|-|De-Winterthur.ogg}}; {{langx|fr|Winterthour}}) is a [[city]] in the [[canton of Zurich]] in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's [[List of cities in Switzerland|sixth-largest city by population]], as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 140,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/soziale-sicherheit/sozialberichterstattung/statistischer-sozialbericht-schweiz.assetdetail.80392.html |title= Städtische Bevölkerung: Agglomerationen und isolierte Städte |publisher= Swiss Federal Statistical Office |location=Neuchâtel, Switzerland |language=de, fr |date=26 August 2016 |access-date=14 December 2016}}</ref> Located about {{convert|20|km|0}} northeast of [[Zurich]], Winterthur is a service and high-tech industrial [[satellite city]] within [[Zurich Metropolitan Area]].

The official language of Winterthur is German,<ref group=note>The official language in any municipality in German-speaking Switzerland is always German. In this context, the term 'German' is used as an umbrella term for any variety of German. So, according to law, you are allowed to communicate with the authorities by using any kind of German, in written or oral form. However, the authorities will always use [[Swiss Standard German]] (aka the Swiss variety of [[Standard German]]) in documents, or any written form. And orally, it is either ''Hochdeutsch'' (i.e., Swiss Standard German or what the particular speaker considers as ''High German''), or then it depends on the speaker's origin, which dialectal variant (s)he is using.</ref> but the main spoken language is the local variant of the [[Alemannic German|Alemannic]] [[Swiss German]] dialect, [[Zurich German]]. Winterthur is usually abbreviated as ''Winti'' in the local dialect and by its inhabitants.

Winterthur is connected to Germany by direct trains and has links to [[Zurich Airport]]. It is also a regional transport hub: the A1 motorway from [[Geneva]] through to [[St. Margrethen]] connects in Winterthur with the A4 motorway heading north toward [[Schaffhausen]] and the A7 motorway heading close to the Swiss-German border at [[Kreuzlingen]]. There are also roads leading to other places such as [[Turbenthal]]. The [[Winterthur railway station|railway station]] is the fourth busiest railway station in Switzerland,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Verkehr|url=https://reporting.sbb.ch/verkehr|access-date=2020-11-11|website=SBB Zahlen & Fakten|language=de}}</ref> and is 20 minutes away by train from Zurich.