Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

Grossmünster

The Grossmünster 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Reformed
  • Description: Swiss church in Zurich
  • Also known as: “St. Felix und Regula”
  • Address: Grossmünsterplatz, Zürich, 8001
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cabaret Voltaire and Wasserkirche.

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 170 metres north of Grossmünster.

Church
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The in , first mentioned as ecclesia Aquatica Turicensi around 1250 and as wazzirkilcha in 1256, is a church built on a small island in the river , situated between the two main churches of medieval Zürich, the Grossmünster and the , at the Limmatquai and the Münsterbrücke.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Niederdorf.

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 locality.

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 .

Grossmünster

Latitude
47.3701° or 47° 22′ 12″ north
Longitude
8.54397° or 8° 32′ 38″ east
Elevation
423 metres (1,388 feet)
Height
62 metres (203 feet)
Open location code
8FVC9GCV+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 36916418
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­reformed
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6946270
Wiki­data ID
Q684948
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Grossmünster” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գրոսմյունստեր”
  • Basque: “Grossmünster”
  • Basque: “Großmünster”
  • Belarusian: “Гросмюнстэр”
  • Breton: “Großmünster”
  • Catalan: “Grossmünster”
  • Chinese: “苏黎世大教堂”
  • Chinese: “蘇黎世大教堂”
  • Czech: “Grossmünster”
  • Danish: “Grossmünster”
  • Dutch: “Grossmünster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جروسمونستر”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Monaĥejo”
  • Esperanto: “Grossmuenster”
  • Esperanto: “Grossmünster”
  • Finnish: “Grossmünster”
  • Finnish: “Großmünster”
  • French: “Grossmünster”
  • German: “Grossmünster”
  • German: “Großmünster”
  • Greek: “Γκροσμύνστερ”
  • Hebrew: “גרוסמינסטר”
  • Indonesian: “Grossmünster”
  • Irish: “Grossmünster”
  • Italian: “Grossmünster”
  • Japanese: “グロスミュンスター”
  • Javanese: “Grossmünster”
  • Korean: “그로스뮌스터”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grossmünster”
  • Norwegian: “Grossmünster”
  • Persian: “گروس‌مونستر”
  • Polish: “Grosmünster”
  • Polish: “Grossmünster”
  • Russian: “Гросмюнстер”
  • Russian: “Гроссмюнстер”
  • Sicilian: “Großmünster”
  • Slovak: “Grossmünster”
  • Slovenian: “Grossmünster”
  • Spanish: “Grossmünster”
  • Spanish: “Großmünster”
  • Swedish: “Grossmünster”
  • Swiss German: “S Grossmöischter z Züri”
  • Thai: “โกรสมึนส์เทอร์”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Grossmünster”
  • Turkish: “Grossmünster”
  • Ukrainian: “Гроссмюнстер”
  • Welsh: “Grossmünster”
  • Western Frisian: “Grossmünster”
  • Western Panjabi: “گراس منستر”

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