Fraumünster
The Fraumünster (German pronunciation: [fʁaʊ̯ˈmʏnstɐ]; lit. in English: Women's Minster) is a church in Zürich which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the lands of Zürich, Uri, and the Albis forest, and granted the convent immunity, placing it under his direct authority. Today, it belongs to the Evangelical Reformed Church of the canton of Zürich and is one of the four main churches of Zürich, the others being the Grossmünster, Prediger and St. Peter's churches.
Imperial Abbey of Fraumünster Reichskloster Fraumünster | |||||||||||
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Fraumünster abbey, Münsterhof, old Kornhaus (to the left side) and Zunfthaus zur Meisen. Aquarell by Franz Schmid, showing situation in 1757. | |||||||||||
| Status | Imperial Abbey | ||||||||||
| Capital | Fraumünster Abbey | ||||||||||
| Common languages | High Alemannic | ||||||||||
| Government | Theocracy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Founded by Louis the German | 21 July 853 | ||||||||||
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• Dissolved in Zwinglian Reforms | 30 November 1524 | ||||||||||
• Buildings destroyed | 1898 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Switzerland | ||||||||||
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