Wasserkirche

The Wasserkirche 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Protestant
  • Description: church
  • Address: Limmatquai 29, Zürich, 8001
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zürich HB and Grossmünster.

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It's hard for a station to get better than . is the main station of and is 's largest station. The station is huge: it's a hub for all kinds of long-distance trains from all over Europe, intercity and regional SBB trains, and forms the core of Zurich's S-Bahn and tram system.

Church
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The is a Romanesque-style Swiss Reformed 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
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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 230 metres north of Wasserkirche.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altstadt and Schipfe.

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 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 .

Locality
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is a locality.

Wasserkirche

Latitude
47.36963° or 47° 22′ 11″ north
Longitude
8.5432° or 8° 32′ 36″ east
Open location code
8FVC9G9V+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 112795856
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­protestant
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q477189
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Wasserkirche” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վասսերկիրխե”
  • Chinese: “水教堂”
  • Dutch: “Wasserkirche”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه المياه”
  • French: “Wasserkirche”
  • German: “Wasserkirche”
  • Hungarian: “Vízitemplom”
  • Hungarian: “Wasserkirche”
  • Italian: “Wasserkirche”
  • Polish: “Wasserkirche”
  • Russian: “Вассеркирхе”
  • Swiss German: “Wasserkirche”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Wasserkirche”
  • Western Frisian: “Wasserkirche”

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