Canton of Zurich
Zürich District
Zurich

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 31, Zürich, 8001
  • Wheelchair access: no

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 230 metres north of Wasserkirche.

Church
Photo: Sidonius, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a church in , Switzerland, which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women and which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. is situated 150 metres west 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
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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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