Zunfthaus zur Haue, Guild house in Kreis 1, Zurich, Switzerland

Zunfthaus zur Haue is the guild house of the Zunft zum Kämbel at Limmatquai, between Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke. The present building combines three formerly separate houses first mentioned in 1373: the upper and lower Wetzwilerhus and the Ropoltzhus. Its crow-stepped gables were added by Albert Beckert-Irniger after 1878, and the guild hall on the first floor was renovated by architect Armin Meili in 1979.

The site merges three houses first documented in 1373: the upper and lower Wetzwilerhus and the Ropoltzhus. In 1358 the knight Götz Mülner sold imperial rights granted by Emperor Louis of Bavaria to Zürich, and an Obervogt administered them from the Haue. Salt merchants held the property from 1442, calling it Salzlütenhus or Salzhouw; the guild Kämbel bought its own house at Münsterhof 18 in 1487.

The name Haue comes from the axe on the salt merchants' coat of arms, who struck salt with it; from 1450 the house was called Salzlütenhus or Salzhouw. A memorial plaque and the deer on the roof recall the Hirzel family, owners from the later 16th century. Since 1980 a Weinstube occupies the ground floor.

The building stands on the Limmatquai promenade between Münsterbrücke and Rathausbrücke, north of the Haus zum Rüden. A Weinstube has occupied the ground floor since 1980, so the interior can be visited during its opening hours; the guild hall on the first floor was redesigned by architect Armin Meili in 1979.

Deer sculptures and a memorial plaque on the roof commemorate the Salomon Hirzel family who once owned this commercial property. This unusual roof decoration is easily visible from the river and tells of a forgotten link to its former owners.