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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  • Protestant church
  • …lies at an elevation of 412 metres (1,352 feet)
  • …is partly wheelchair accessible
  • …stands 30 metres (98 feet) tall
  • Description: church buildings in the city of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Address: Münsterhof 2, Zürich, 8001
  • Also known as
    “Fraumuenster”
    “Kirche Fraumünster”
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Schipfe.
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is a locality.

Fraumünster

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Latitude
47.36971° or 47° 22′ 11″ north
Longitude
8.5412° or 8° 32′ 28″ east
Open location code
8FVC9G9R+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89967877
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­protestant
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”
  • Swiss German: “Fraumünster”
  • Turkish: “Fraumünster”
  • Ukrainian: “Фраумюнстер”
  • Western Frisian: “Fraumünster”

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