Saint Martin’s Church
St. Martin is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Olten. It is a three-nave columned basilica without transept with three chorapsideas. The church is considered as the "most significant Neoromanesque Greater Church of Switzerland from the late period of historicism".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church building in Olten in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland
- Also known as: “catholic church of St. Martin (1908, Hardegger)”, “Martinskirche”, and “St. Martin parish church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olten Hammer railway station and Christian catholic town church (1807).
Olten Hammer railway station
Railway station
Olten Hammer railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Olten, in the Swiss canton of Solothurn. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Jura Foot line of Swiss Federal Railways. Olten Hammer railway station is situated 270 metres south of Saint Martin’s Church.
Christian catholic town church (1807)
Church
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Christian catholic town church (1807) is situated 300 metres east of Saint Martin’s Church.
Olten railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Olten railway station is a major hub railway station in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, at the junction of lines to Zürich, Bern, Basel, Lucerne and Biel. Olten railway station is situated 700 metres east of Saint Martin’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olten and Trimbach.
Olten
Town
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Olten is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name. Olten grew into a town during the Middle Ages at the location of a bridge over the Aare.
Trimbach
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trimbach is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Starrkirch-Wil
Village
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Starrkirch-Wil is a municipality in the district of Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Saint Martin’s Church
Latitude
47.35093° or 47° 21′ 3″ northLongitude
7.89834° or 7° 53′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8FV99V2X+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 53643609OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q990950
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Ukrainian—“Saint Martin’s Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس مارتن”
- German: “Katholische Kirche St. Martin (1908, Hardegger)”
- German: “Pfarrkirche St. Martin”
- German: “St. Martin”
- German: “St. Martinskirche”
- Spanish: “St. Martin (Olten)”
- Spanish: “St. Martin”
- Swiss German: “St. Martin”
- Tosk Albanian: “St. Martin”
- Ukrainian: “Костел Св. Мартина”
- Ukrainian: “Костел Святого Мартина (Ольтен)”
- Ukrainian: “Костел Святого Мартина”
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