Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

Karlsturm

Karlsturm is a scenic viewpoint in , . Karlsturm is situated nearby to the church , as well as near the square .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grossmünster and Cabaret Voltaire.

Church
Photo: Kreecher, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Arts center
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 160 metres north of Karlsturm.

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 and the , at the Limmatquai and the Münsterbrücke.

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 .

Karlsturm

Latitude
47.37015° or 47° 22′ 13″ north
Longitude
8.54368° or 8° 32′ 37″ east
Open location code
8FVC9GCV+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 429333071
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q18021826
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