There are fourteen historical Zünfte (guilds, singular Zunft) of Zürich, under the system established in 1336 with the "guild revolution" of Rudolf Brun. They are the 13 guilds that predated 1336, plus the Gesellschaft zur Constaffel, originally consisting of the city's nobles.

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There have been two mergers of historical guilds since, so that there are 12 contemporary Zünfte continuing the medieval guilds:

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Name	Coat of arms	Description	Guild house	Website
Gesellschaft zur Constaffel		Originally members of the nobility. From 6 December 1490 ("Constaffelbrief") until 1798, all adult Zürich citizens (including women), not belonging to another guild.	Haus zum Rüden	Website
Zunft zur Saffran		Originally merchants of textiles and spices	Zunfthaus zur Saffran	Website
Zunft zur Meisen		Originally innkeepers, saddle makers and painters [1]	Zunfthaus zur Meisen	Website
Zunft zur Schmiden		Originally blacksmiths, silver- and goldsmiths, clockmakers and physicians	Zunfthaus Zur Schmiden	Website
Zunft zum Weggen		Originally bakers and millers	Restaurant Weisser Wind	Website
Vereinigte Zünfte zur Gerwe und zur Schuhmachern		Formerly two guilds, tanners and shoemakers, united in 1877	Hotel Savoy	Website
Zunft zum Widder		Originally butchers and cattle merchants	Widder Hotel	Website
Zunft zur Zimmerleuten		Originally carpenters, builders, wainmakers	Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten	Website
Zunft zur Schneidern		Originally tailors	Zunfthaus Zum Königstuhl	Website
Zunft zur Schiffleuten		Originally fishermen and boatmen	Hotel zum Storchen	Website
Zunft zum Kämbel		Originally food dealers, wine merchants	Zunfthaus zur Haue	Website
Zunft zur Waag		Two separate guilds, the linen weavers (Zunft der Leinenweber) and the wool weavers (Zunft der Wollweber), united in 1440. The new guild took the name of its house and became the Zunft zur Waag (= balance). Since then it brought together the wool and linen weavers, the hatters and the linen merchants	Zunfthaus zur Waag	Website

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In the 19th century, with the expansion of Zürich, incorporating various formerly separate villages, a number of new "guilds" were established to represent these. By this time the old guilds had ceased to be tied to specific trades and had acquired a mostly folkloristic and societal function, uniting the upper strata of old and well-to-do clans of Zürich and Ägeri.

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