Rheinau
Rheinau is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is located at a bend of the High Rhine, which forms the Swiss-German border in this area, and includes an island with an abbey.Photo: Rolf.eigenheer, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
- Type: Village with 1,300 residents
- Description: municipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Alt-Rheinau”, “Rheinau ZH”, and “Rheinau, Switzerland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church and Rheinau Abbey.
St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church
Church
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rheinau Abbey
Church
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rheinau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Rheinau in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, founded in about 778 and suppressed in 1862. It is located on an island in the Rhine.
Spitzkirche Magdalena
Church
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spitzkirche Magdalena is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dachsen and Jestetten.
Dachsen
Village
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dachsen is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Dachsen is situated 2½ km north of Rheinau.
Jestetten
Village
Photo: Berger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jestetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Jestetten is situated 2½ km west of Rheinau.
Lottstetten
Village
Photo: -wuppertaler, CC BY 4.0.
Lottstetten is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Lottstetten is situated 3 km southwest of Rheinau.
Rheinau
- Categories: Municipality of Switzerland, border city, and locality
- Location: Rheinau, Andelfingen District, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.64393° or 47° 38′ 38″ northLongitude
8.60176° or 8° 36′ 6″ eastPopulation
1,300Elevation
388 metres (1,273 feet)Open location code
8FVCJJV2+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 240052173OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11048417Wikidata ID
Q67534
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rheinau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رايناو”
- Basque: “Rheinau”
- Breton: “Rheinau”
- Catalan: “Rheinau”
- Cebuano: “Rheinau”
- Chinese: “莱茵瑙”
- Chinese: “萊茵瑙”
- Chuvash: “Райнау”
- Czech: “Rheinau”
- Dutch: “Rheinau”
- Esperanto: “Rejnaŭo ZH”
- Esperanto: “Rheinau ZH”
- French: “Rheinau”
- German: “Rheinau ZH”
- German: “Rheinau”
- Hungarian: “Rheinau”
- Irish: “Rheinau”
- Italian: “Rheinau”
- Kazakh: “Райнау”
- Kurdish: “Rheinau, Swîsre”
- Lombard: “Rheinau”
- Malay: “Rheinau ZH”
- Malay: “Rheinau, Zurich”
- Malay: “Rheinau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rheinau i Sveits”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Rheinau”
- Persian: “رنو، سوئیس”
- Polish: “Rheinau”
- Portuguese: “Rheinau”
- Russian: “Райнау”
- Swedish: “Rheinau, Schweiz”
- Swedish: “Rheinau”
- Swiss German: “Riinòu”
- Tosk Albanian: “Rheinau ZH”
- Turkish: “Rheinau”
- Ukrainian: “Райнау”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rheinau”
- Uzbek: “Raynau”
- Uzbek: “Rheinau”
- Venetian: “Rheinau (Svisara)”
- Venetian: “Rheinau”
- Volapük: “Rheinau”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rheinau, Swiza”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rheinau”
- Welsh: “Rheinau”
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