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Zurich
City (pop., 1996 est.: 344,000), Switzerland. Located at the NW end of Lake Zurich, the site was occupied first by prehistoric lake dwellers and later by the Celtic Helvetii before the Romans conquered the area c.58 BC. It subsequently was held by the Alamanni, then the Franks. It grew as a trade center, and in 1218 it became a free imperial city; in 1351 it joined the Swiss Confederation. Under the leadership of H. Zwingli it became the center of the Swiss reformation in the 16th cent. Attracting refugees from the Counter-Reformation, it established a liberal democratic order during the 1830s. Long an industrial center, and Switzerland's largest city, it is also an important financial center and a major tourist destination.
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