Fraumünster

Fraumünster (Zurich)
The Fraumünster in Zurich is one of the four reformed old town churches and one of the city's landmarks. The former Fraumünster monastery was a Benedictine monastery with the rank of a princely abbey.
According to the founding legend, the two daughters of the East Franconian King Ludwig the German, Hildegard and Bertha, moved to Baldern Castle on the Albis to dedicate their lives to God in seclusion. They often hiked to nearby Zurich to pray in a chapel there. God gave each of the pious sisters a deer to take with them on their way, the antlers of which shone brightly, showing them the way through the dark forest. The deer showed them a spot near the Limmat where they should build a church. King Ludwig then donated the Fraumünster Abbey at the designated location, which was headed first by Hildegard and after her death by her sister Bertha.
The founding legend was taken up by Paul Bodmer for the painting of the Fraumünster cloister in 1924-34. A fresco of the founding legend from the time of Abbess Elisabeth von Wetzikon (1270-1298) was whitewashed over during the Reformation, rediscovered in the middle of the 19th century and signed by Franz Hegi - then it was whitewashed again and thus irretrievably destroyed. During the renovation work in the 2000s, this colored panel was placed in the place where the original fresco was found (niche of the abbesses). The Fraumünster Society, founded in 1988, incorporated the legend into its coat of arms, which features a white stag on a blue background with three yellow lights in its antlers.
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Marc Chagall was asked by pastor Peter Vogelsanger in 1967 for the design of the windows after a design competition in the Frauenkirche with Swiss artists had failed. Vogelsanger's attention was drawn to his first versions of the panes for the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, which he exhibited in Zurich in 1967. For Chagall, the Frauenkirche was something like love at first sight. In any case, half a year later the artist in Zurich was already at work. The world-famous painter received just 150,000 francs for his work, which was donated by the couple of building contractors Lou and Heinrich Hatt-Bucher.
For the choir of the Zurich women’s cathedral, the Belarusian Marc Chagall created a five-part window cycle and a rosette. Chagall's world-famous masterpiece enchants visitors from all over the world today. Marc Chagall remained true to his motto, if I work from the heart, almost everything will stay true to his life.
In an interview with Swiss television, Marc Chagall said about the Zurich glass paintings: “He do what he does. You can't explain the creative process of his works. ” Instead, visitors should be touched by the spirituality of the sacred space and its glass paintings and not be distracted.

Fraumünster (Zurich)
The Fraumünster in Zurich is one of the four reformed old town churches and one of the city's landmarks. The former Fraumünster monastery was a Benedictine monastery with the rank of a princely abbey.
According to the founding legend, the two daughters of the East Franconian King Ludwig the German, Hildegard and Bertha, moved to Baldern Castle on the Albis to dedicate their lives to God in seclusion. They often hiked to nearby Zurich to pray in a chapel there. God gave each of the pious sisters a deer to take with them on their way, the antlers of which shone brightly, showing them the way through the dark forest. The deer showed them a spot near the Limmat where they should build a church. King Ludwig then donated the Fraumünster Abbey at the designated location, which was headed first by Hildegard and after her death by her sister Bertha.
The founding legend was taken up by Paul Bodmer for the painting of the Fraumünster cloister in 1924-34. A fresco of the founding legend from the time of Abbess Elisabeth von Wetzikon (1270-1298) was whitewashed over during the Reformation, rediscovered in the middle of the 19th century and signed by Franz Hegi - then it was whitewashed again and thus irretrievably destroyed. During the renovation work in the 2000s, this colored panel was placed in the place where the original fresco was found (niche of the abbesses). The Fraumünster Society, founded in 1988, incorporated the legend into its coat of arms, which features a white stag on a blue background with three yellow lights in its antlers.
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The Fraumünster is an evangelical-reformed church in the heart of Zurich's old town. Once a church of a women's monastery, today it is a church with a large preaching congregation, with a symphonic-romantic organ and a church choir, in which over 100 singers participate. The beautiful Romanesque-Gothic church building, the glass windows by Marc Chagall and Augusto Giacometti attract many visitors every day. At Fraumünster, music and space form a unity, which can be experienced in the services and concerts. I like to sit in the room by the Chagall windows, here you can indulge yourself. I can also highly recommend the concerts that take place here.

Entrance Fees (2017):
Adults: 5 CHF
Students - free

Especially worth seeing are the Chagall windows, as well as the scripts

The Fraumünster as a church and architectural gem and the glass windows of Chagall and Giacometti as the distinctive cultural heirs of the last century attract diverse types of visitors: from Asia, North America, South America, Western Europe and increasingly also tourists from Eastern European and Russian origins

The Fraumünster is one of the oldest sacred buildings in Zurich. It looks back on an eventful past.
The church of St. Felix and St. Regula was donated on July 21, 853. The monastery helped Zurich develop from a Celtic settlement, then a Roman settlement, into a medieval city. For many centuries the monastery was owned by the Benedictines. From the 13th century onwards, the abbesses were the formal rulers of the city. That ended with the Reformation. In 1524 the last abbess, Katharina von Zimmer, handed over the abbey to the city of Zurich. This ended the Reformation.

Chagall only discovered glass painting at the age of 70. The windows in a synagogue in Jerusalem were already world famous when the pastor of the Fraumünster church dared to contact Chagall in 1967. The result is a unique, highly spiritual work of art of the greatest color and expressiveness. In 1970, the windows were inaugurated by 83-year-old Chagall.

The Fraumünster has been an Evangelical Reformed church since 1524 with services, the liturgy of which is reformed in a simple and beautiful way. Services on Sunday mornings start at 10 a.m. and last about an hour.

Founded in 853 AD:
The church and convent was founded in 853 by King Ludwig the German and was inhabited by women of the southern German aristocracy. It enjoyed the favor of kings and had the right to mint from Zurich until the 13th century. After the Reformation, the church and monastery came into the possession of the city.
Romanesque and Gothic:
Important components are the Romanesque choir and the high-vaulted Gothic transept. The nave was last rebuilt in 1911 after the north tower had been raised and the south tower removed in the 18th century.Art in the Fraumünster:
The most important decoration next to the largest organ in the canton with 5793 pipes are its colored windows: the north window in the transept by Augusto Giacometti (1945). The five-part window cycle in the choir (1970) and the rosette in the south transept (1978) are works by Marc Chagall.

Along with the Grossmünster, the Fraumünster is one of Zurich's landmarks. The convent held great power in Zurich.
The church with the convent was donated by King Ludwig the German in 853. It was inhabited by women of the European nobility. The monastery enjoyed the favor of kings and the abbess had the right to mint coins in Zurich until the 13th century. After the Reformation, the Fraumünster came into the possession of the city.
Significant components are the Romanesque choir and the high-vaulted transept. The nave was last rebuilt in 1911.
The colored windows are particularly decorative: the north windows in the transept were made by Augusto Giacometti, the five-part window cycle in the choir and the rosette in the south transept are the work of Marc Chagall. There is also a fresco cycle by Paul Bodmer in the cloister.
Church music concerts take place regularly in the Fraumünster.zuerich.com/de/visit/sights/fraumuenster

Unfortunately, entry has to be paid now. (CHF 5)

Very nice church

Without big words. You just have to visit.
NECESSARILY!!!!

In addition to the windows, the quarter is simply worth seeing!

The outdoor area is also worth seeing