Zwingli’s birth house
Zwingli’s birth house is a museum in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen which is located on Munzenriet. Zwingli’s birth house is situated nearby to the tourism office Toggenburg Tourismus, as well as near the pitch Pumptrack Toggenburg.Photo: Evacc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: birthplace of Huldrych Zwingli in Wildhaus in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Zwingli-Haus”
- Address: Munzenriet 1, Wildhaus, 9658
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wildhaus Pass and St. Bartholomew.
Wildhaus Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wildhaus Pass is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of St. Gallen in Eastern Switzerland. The main road culminates at 1,090 metres, while the pass itself lies at an elevation of 1,027 metres above sea level.
St. Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Ewamama, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Bartholomew is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of Zwingli’s birth house.
Wildenburg
Castle
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wildenburg is a castle, which is situated 1½ km east of Zwingli’s birth house.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wildhaus and Unterwasser.
Wildhaus
Village
Wildhaus is a village and former municipality in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, since 2010 by merger with Alt St. Johann part of the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.
Unterwasser
Village
Unterwasser is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur.
Alt St. Johann
Village
Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Alt St. Johann is situated 4½ km west of Zwingli’s birth house.
Zwingli’s birth house
- Categories: farmhouse, birth house, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.20097° or 47° 12′ 4″ northLongitude
9.34005° or 9° 20′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8FVF682R+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 1056082637OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q244845
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Zwingli’s birth house” goes by many names.
- French: “maison natale d’Ulrich Zwingli”
- French: “Maison natale d’Ulrich Zwingli”
- German: “Zwinglis Geburtshaus”
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Highlights include Toggenburg Tourismus and Pumptrack Toggenburg.
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