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Place of worship

Fraumünster

The Fraumünster is a church in Zurich, 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.
Fraumünster
Photo: sidonius 12:59, 4 June 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.5

Walks that pass here

Wasserkirche

Walk

Four Churches Around the Limmat in Zurich's Old Town

From the twin towers of the Grossmünster down to the river church, across the Limmat to the Fraumünster and up to St. Peter. A route for first-time visitors who want the Reformation and the old town in one loop.

~1 h 45 min in total
~610 m, ~10 min walking
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