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Zurich History
The life of Zurich started as the custom of Roman by the name Turicum. Expansion was thereafter slow but the trading from in textiles gradually increased the financial status of town. The city gains the status of free city under the Holy Roman Empire. The governing of the city was taken over in 1336 by the powerful merchant and artisans and formed the guild. After joining the Swiss confederation the Zurich gains its reputation of a cultural and intellectual centre. From 1519 onwards, the Huldrych Zwingli helped the city along with his teaching during the Reformation. He was the key figure for the city until the end of his life in 1531. The intellectual and artistic tradition of Zurich continued till the World War I, with the influx of a number of luminaries as Lenin, Tristan, Trotsky, Hans Arp and James Joyce. The 1916 was the year when the Dada art movement was born and with Hugo Ball creates the “artist tavern” known as Cabaret Voltaire. Same was the period for the Carl Jung who honed his psychoanalytical theories in the city. Alfred Escher is known as the strong force of politics through out his life. The Zurich’s stock exchange was founded in the year 1877, and till then it the important centre for the city. The recent years were the time for the social democrats who dominated the municipal politics. The Zurich till then remains the countries financial and commercial hub and the canton is countries most affluent
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