Roman Catholic St. Francis Church

Roman Catholic St. Francis Church is a church in Zollikofen, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern which is located on Stämpflistrasse. Roman Catholic St. Francis Church is situated nearby to Blindenmuseum, as well as near the church Bern Switzerland Temple.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church building in Zollikofen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
Also known as: “Franziskuskirche”, “Kirche Sankt Franziskus”, and “Sankt-Franziskus-Kirche”
Address: Stämpflistrasse 28, Zollikofen, 3052

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bern Switzerland Temple and Zollikofen railway station.

Bern Switzerland Temple

Church

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The Bern Switzerland Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland. It was the church's first temple in Europe and the second outside of North America, after the Laie Hawaii Temple. Bern Switzerland Temple is situated 320 metres northeast of Roman Catholic St. Francis Church.

Zollikofen railway station

Railway station

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Zollikofen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Münchenbuchsee, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Biel/Bienne–Bern and Olten–Bern lines of Swiss Federal Railways and the 1,000 mm gauge Solothurn–Worblaufen line of Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn. Zollikofen railway station is situated 520 metres east of Roman Catholic St. Francis Church.

Oberzollikofen railway station

Railway station

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Oberzollikofen railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Zollikofen, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the 1,000 mm gauge Solothurn–Worblaufen line of Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn. Oberzollikofen railway station is situated 600 metres southeast of Roman Catholic St. Francis Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zollikofen and Münchenbuchsee.

Zollikofen

Town

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Zollikofen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a suburb of the city of Bern and is home to the Swiss College of Agriculture.

Münchenbuchsee

Village

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Münchenbuchsee is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is famous as the birthplace of the painter Paul Klee.

Moosseedorf

Village

Photo: Hadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Moosseedorf is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The village is located south of Moossee, the lake that gives it its name. Moosseedorf is situated 3 km northeast of Roman Catholic St. Francis Church.

Roman Catholic St. Francis Church

Categories: Catholic church building, Catholic parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Zollikofen, Bern-Mittelland, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.00014° or 47° 0′ 1″ north

Longitude

7.45529° or 7° 27′ 19″ east

Roof shape

pyramidal

Operator

Pfarrei St. Franziskus

Open location code

8FV92F24+34

OpenStreetMap ID

way 44773644

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q55415268

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In Other Languages

From French to Italian—“Roman Catholic St. Francis Church” goes by many names.

French: “église catholique romaine Saint-François”
French: “Église catholique romaine Saint-François”
German: “Römisch-katholische Franziskuskirche”
German: “St. Franziskus”
Italian: “chiesa cattolica romana di San Francesco”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blindenmuseum and Turnhallen.

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