Our trail now follows the Limmat to Zurich. From Baden the hiking trail signpost gives the direction Zürich Landesmuseum Limmatuferweg Agglopark. We keep to this route hiking mostly along the right bank of the Limmat.
Worth seeing and knowing
| Km 2.5 | Wettingen. In Roman times a small settlement existed here. It was located on the Roman road to Turicum (Zurich). The first Alemann settlers took up residence here in the 6th Century after it was abandoned by the Romans.
The Wettingen Monastery, a former Cistercian Abbey, is of great culturally historical interest. When the monastery was closed in 1841, the monks were forced to leave it. They settled in the secularized Benedictine monastery Mehrerau near Bregenz (Vorarlberg / Austria). Since then the abbey has been called Wettingen-Mehrerau and – uniquely – is directly under the Holy See in Rome. The cantonal school has been housed in the Wettingen monastery since 1976. It’s well worth visiting the early Gothic Abbey Church of Maria Meerstern with its wonderful choir stalls and the cloister with the Wettingen Jesus Child. 
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| Km 8.5 | Spreitenbach. The first American-style shopping mall was built here in 1970.
Attention: we underpass the motorway, cross the Limmat on the Limmatbrücke, turn sharply to the right (180 °) at the end of the bridge, descend the stairs to the bank of the Limmat and follow the Limmatuferweg Agglopark. |
| Km 11 | Oetwil an der Limmat is an Alemann settlement from 700 AD. It’s interesting to note that it was mentioned in the Monastery of St Gallen’s Register of Debtors for the year 850. |
| Km 14.5 | Dietikon. In Roman times a large agricultural estate stood here (in today’s Town Centre). In Columbanus’s time there was a settlement here, evidenced by graves from the 7th Century. |
| Km 15 | Fahr. The Benedictine Convent has belonged to the Einsiedeln Monastery since its foundation in 1130. The name of the Restaurant ‘Zu den zwei Raben’ (The Two Ravens) reflects the relationship with Einsiedeln. The Monasteries Fahr and Einsiedeln form the only surviving dual friary/convent in the world. 20 nuns still live here.
The name Fahr goes back to the ferry boat which crossed the Limmat at this point. On beautiful Sundays a boat is still in operation. |
| Km 27 | Zurich, with its more than 400,000 inhabitants, is by far the largest city in Switzerland. It was originally a Roman base camp with a customs post and the Castell Turicum. Also the home town of the Reformer Huldrych Zwingli, Zurich witnessed its advancement to the financial centre of Switzerland today during the Industrial Revolution.
With the largest airport and railway station in Switzerland, Zurich is a continental transportation hub. Large banks and insurance companies make it the largest international financial centre in Switzerland. In addition, it houses the Federal Institute of Technology and University, the two largest universities in Switzerland. Zurich is rated a cosmopolitan city, and with its location on the lake, its well-maintained Old Town and cultural offerings, it is a magnet for tourists. 
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