Topography
Lindenhof hill (its northern part is called Sihlbühl) dominates Lindenhof quarter in the district 1 (Altstadt), the historical center of Zurich's Altstadt. To the North, it ends at Uraniastrasse (City police station) and to the South near St. Peter church. In the West, the hill is limited by the Bahnhofstrasse, in the East by the Limmat river and the Schipfe quarter.
Lindenhof hill bases on the remains of the last glacial period. The hill and its public square is part of the Linth glacier's moraines in the area of Zurich. The now largely flattened Lindenhof (428 m ü. M) rises about 25 meters above the Limmat river.
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