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Predigerkirche as seen from ETH Zurich, the Zentralbibliothek building in the foreground as seen from Zähringerplatz. According to the building-historical research of the years 1990/96, the first church of the Dominicans was built in 1231 as a distinct Romanesque Basilica including a transept and two small apses in the spiral arms of the transept.
The Predigerkloster was a monastery of the Dominican Order, established around 1234 and abolished in 1524, in the imperial city of Zurich, Switzerland. Its church, the Predigerkirche, is one of the four main churches in Zurich and was first built in 1231 as a Romanesque church of the then Dominican monastery. In the first half of the 14th ...
Zentralbibliothek and Prediger Church as seen from ETH Zurich plateau. Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Zürich Central Library) is a library in Zürich, Switzerland.It is the main library of both the city and the University of Zurich, housed in the Predigerkloster, the former Black Friars' abbey, in the old town's Rathaus quarter.
Zurich joined the Swiss confederation (which at that point was a loose confederation of de facto independent states) as the fifth member in 1351. Zurich was expelled from the confederation in 1440 due to a war with the other member states over the territory of Toggenburg (the Old Zurich War). Zurich was defeated in 1446, and re-admitted to the ...
2 History. 3 Architecture. 4 Cultural heritage. ... is a medieval tower and restaurant situated at Neumarkt in Zurich's District 1, ... Predigerkirche to the left.
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Augustinerkirche was once one of the five main churches in the old town of Zürich, Switzerland, together with Fraumünster, Grossmünster, Predigern and St. Peter's.First built around 1270 as a Romanesque church belonging to the Augustinian abbey, on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich worship in the church was discontinued.
Predigerkirche (German for "Preacher's Church", after the Dominican Order which was also known as The Order of Preachers) may refer to the following churches: Predigerkirche (Erfurt) in Erfurt Predigerkirche (Zürich) in Zürich