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Augustiner Church
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The Augustiner church was built in 1270 by the Hermits of Augustine at the "Kezistürli" by the western city wall. With the advent of the Reformation, the church was transformed into a wine cellar and then into the workshop and living quarters for the master coiner. It was only in 1841 that the Zürich Catholics reclaimed the "old wine cellar" as a house of worship. Objecting to teh dogmas (infallibility of the Pope) proclaimed in the 1st Vatican Concil of 1870, the greater part of the community, and the Augustiner church became its place of worship. It was last renovated in 1958/59. Points of interest include the simply designed choir area, the crucifixion group, the altar and the font, designed by Franz Fischer, and the glass paintings by August Wanner (1965). The memorial slab to the knight Vigilius Gradner, the Christophorus fresco (in the side aisles) and fragments of murals in the sacristy are also worth seeing.
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Address:
Augustinerkirche
Augustinerhof 8
8001 Zürich
Tel. +41 (0)44 221 25 75
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Open hours:
Summer: 10am-5pm/ Winter: 10am-4.30pm / Worship: Summer Sun 9.30am, Winter Sun 10am
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