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The Grossmünster is an Evangelical Protestant church in the Old Town of Zurich and the city's landmark. The view from the church towers is spectacular: far across Lake Zurich to the Alps.

In the first half of the 16th century, the Grossmünster served as the starting point of the Reformation under Huldrych Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger. The characteristic tops of its neo-Gothic towers were added by Johann Caspar Voegeli and John Hagge Mille from 1781 to 1787. Between 1913 and 1915 the interior renovations were completed by Gustav Gull and Hermann Fietz.

Particularly worth seeing are the glass windows by Sigmar Polke, the Romanesque crypt, the Romanesque capitals in the church and cloister, the stained glass windows by Augusto Giacometti (1932), the bronze doors by Otto Münch (1935 and 1950), and the Reformation museum in the cloister. Guided tours are available.

The so-called Karlsturm is one of the two Grossmünster towers of this famous Zurich landmark. 187 stairs lead from the nave up to the tower vantage point – from where visitors have bird’s-eye views over the Zurich rooftops and lake as well as majestic Alpine summits on the horizon.

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Season
All year
Time required
2 to 4 hours (half day)
Suitable for children with age
14+ years
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Groups, Individual, Couples
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Culture, Education, Urban

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Grossmünster
Grossmünsterplatz
8001  Zürich
Switzerland

Phone  +41 (0)44 250 66 51
sekretariat.kk.eins@reformiert-zuerich.ch
grossmuenster.ch
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Grossmünster
Grossmünsterplatz
8001 Zürich
Phone  +41 (0)44 250 66 51
grossmuenster.ch
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