Grossmünster, Zürich, Switzerland

[Mike Capodanno]

According to legend, Charlemagne discovered the graves of the city's martyrs Felix and Regula and had a church build as a choristers' cloister on the spot. Construction work on the present building began around 1100.
In the first half of the 16th century the Grossmünster was the starting point of the Swiss-German Reformation led by Huldrych Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger. The theological college then annexed to the cloister became the germinal cell of what is now the University of Zürich.

Opening hours of the Grossmünster
15 March - 31 October 9am-6pm (Mon-Sat)
1 November - 14 March 10am-5pm (Mon-Sat)
Sundays after the church service

Reformation Museum in the cloister open Mon-Fri 9am-6pm, closed on weekends.

Further information:
ZÜRICH TOURISM
Tourist Service at the Main Station
8021 Zürich
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