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Waisenhaus, Zurich, Switzerland

The Zurich Waisenhaus (Orphanage) was in operation by 1637 and occupied the northern part of the Oetenbach nunnery site on what is now the Bahnhofquai. In 1771, the children moved into a new building, in what had been the nunnery's garden. At the same time, the north and west wings of the existing building premises were rebuilt as a penitentiary and prison.

Waisenhaus (Orphanage), Zurich, c.1900.

All the old convent buildings apart from the orphanage were demolished in 1902-3 and the site was subsequently converted for use as an administrative centre and police station.

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