Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

Fraumünster

The Fraumünster is a church in , Switzerland, which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women and which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Protestant
  • Description: church building in Zürich, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Fraumuenster”
  • Address: Münsterhof 2, Zürich, 8001
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grossmünster and Cabaret Voltaire.

Church
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The is a Romanesque-style Protestant church in , . It is one of the four major churches in the city. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich. is situated 210 metres east of Fraumünster.

Arts center
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is the birthplace of the Dada art movement, founded in , Switzerland, in 1916. It was founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings as a cabaret intended for artistic and political purposes. is situated 290 metres northeast of Fraumünster.

Church
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is one of the four main churches of the old town of Zürich, Switzerland, besides , Fraumünster and Predigerkirche. is situated 160 metres north of Fraumünster.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Schipfe.

Suburb
The in the city of encompasses the area of the entire historical city before 1893, before the incorporation of what are now districts 2 to 12 into the municipality, over the period 1893 to 1934.

Locality
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is a residential district in , Switzerland, located on the eastern slope of the , one of the oldest parts of the Helvetii Oppidum Zurich-Lindenhof, by the river .

Locality
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is a locality.

Fraumünster

Latitude
47.36971° or 47° 22′ 11″ north
Longitude
8.5412° or 8° 32′ 28″ east
Elevation
412 metres (1,352 feet)
Height
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
8FVC9G9R+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89967877
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­protestant
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6946269
Wiki­data ID
Q690944
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Fraumünster” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ֆրաումյունստեր”
  • Basque: “Fraumünster”
  • Belarusian: “Фраўмюнстэр”
  • Chinese: “苏黎世圣母大教堂”
  • Chinese: “蘇黎世聖母大教堂”
  • Dutch: “Fraumünster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه فراومونستر”
  • French: “Fraumunster”
  • French: “Fraumünster”
  • German: “Fraumünster Kirche”
  • German: “Fraumünster”
  • Italian: “Fraumünster”
  • Japanese: “フラウミュンスター”
  • Japanese: “ルドルフ・ブルン”
  • Japanese: “聖母聖堂”
  • Korean: “프라우뮌스터”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fraumünster”
  • Polish: “Fraumünster”
  • Polish: “Freumünster”
  • Russian: “Фраумюнстер”
  • Slovenian: “Fraumünster”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Fraumünster”
  • Spanish: “Fraumunster”
  • Spanish: “Fraumünster”
  • Swiss German: “Fraumöischter”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Fraumünster”
  • Turkish: “Fraumünster”
  • Ukrainian: “Фраумюнстер”
  • Western Frisian: “Fraumünster”

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