Rheinau

Rheinau is an islet in Rheinau, Andelfingen District, Canton of Zurich. Rheinau is situated nearby to the shrine Haus der Stille, as well as near Klosterplatz.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rheinau Abbey and Spitzkirche Magdalena.

Rheinau Abbey

Church

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Rheinau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Rheinau in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, founded in about 778 and suppressed in 1862. It is located on an island in the Rhine.

Spitzkirche Magdalena

Church

Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Spitzkirche Magdalena is a church, which is situated 250 metres east of Rheinau.

St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church

Church

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St. Nicholas shared church, so-called mountain church is situated 400 metres northwest of Rheinau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rheinau and Dachsen.

Rheinau

Village

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Rheinau is a municipality in the district of Andelfingen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is located at a bend of the High Rhine, which forms the Swiss-German border in this area, and includes an island with an abbey.