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33-650: Bordered in the north by Münzplatz and by St. Peterhofstatt towards Münsterhof , it is named after the former Augustinian monastery , now the Augustinerkirche church. The Rennweg , formerly the Rennweg–Augustinergasse stop on lines 6 , 7 , 11 and 13 of the Zürich tram system is located some 150 metres (160 yd) further south along the Bahnhofstrasse road. Augustinergasse

66-513: A concession on an issue of water rights concession and a water protection legal permit for the installation of a water wheel purpose of power generation in the Schanzengraben moat. According to the application, at the weir near the indoor aquatic centre City estimated 3,000 liters/second drop a height of 75 centimetres (30 in) and could supply electricity for about 20 households. The moat system of medieval Zurich, consisting of

99-467: A house is mentioned in 1346, and in 1537 the area of the outer trench was named Sprachhüsli , meaning a public toilet. Over the decades, the time accumulating sludge was periodically dug out by day laborers or in forced labor to process. The excavation was used to fertilize the fields of the Oetenbach nunnery . Due to its former military defensive use, the moat has a widely octagonal zig-zag form, and

132-580: A pitched (helmet) roof was attached. That 24-metre (79 ft) high part of the tower was in 1996 re-covered with 42,000 larch shingles from the Engadine valley, since then being the only wooden roof in Zürich. Towards the end of the 13th century a mechanical church clock was installed. In 1366 it was renewed and got one only dial that was directed towards the Limmat and only displayed the hours. Around 1460,

165-667: A section of the northwestern extension of the Seeuferanlage promenades that were built between 1881 and 1887 in Zurich , Switzerland. Schanzengraben is, among the adjoint Katz bastion at the Old Botanical Garden and the so-called Bauschänzli bulwark, one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich. The area of the moat is also an inner-city recreation area and a public park. Schanzengraben

198-526: Is archaeologically attested for the 8th or 9th century. This building was replaced by an early Romanesque church around AD 1000, in turn replaced in 1230 by a late Romanesque structure, parts of which survive. Rudolf Brun , the first independent mayor of the town, was buried here in 1360. The nave was rebuilt in 1460 in the Gothic style. Prior to the Reformation , St. Peter was the only parish church of

231-623: Is one of the two present effluences of the Lake Zurich , located around 250 metres (820 ft) south of the Limmat , and situated at the historical Alpenquai lake shore area, between Bürkliplatz and General-Guisan-Quai . It marks the border of the inner-city districts of Enge and City , and flows after about 1,150 metres (3,773 ft) into the Sihl , at the western side of Zürich Hauptbahnhof where Gessnerallee and Usteristrasse cross

264-609: Is still their parish church. Today the building is one of the three medieval churches in the Lindenhof district of the city of Zürich. In the European Middle Ages, it was as it is in the present days, a small street within the fortifications of Zürich , leading from St. Peterhofstatt at the St. Peter church , passing the former Augustinian monastery below Lindenhof hill , towards the so-called small Kecinstürlin gate at

297-534: Is the exterior of the former monastery's church , the Augustinerkirche that as of today is the parish church of the Christ Catholic community of Zürich. The Augustinian church was transformed during the Reformation in Zürich into a secular workshop, and served as a mint coinage and storage space. From 1596 to 1841 its choir served as mint and residential district of the mint master, and in

330-695: The Gessner bridge. In fact, the moat was built outside of the historical core of the medieval town of Zürich, previously the Celtic-Roman Turicum , an area being then called Aussersihl , meaning that it was outside of the Baroque town wall at the Sihl river delta . The lake shore area also serves as a marina associated to the Hafen Enge . A narrow alley was partially built at the level of

363-539: The Jakobskapelle , the mint masters pitched their embossing dies. Therefore, the Münzplatz was named after the mint in the choir. The so-called Folderbrunnen was built in 1537 as the local water well, and is still a popular meeting point of locals and tourists. Augustinerkirche was once one of the five main churches in the medieval town of Zürich. First built around 1270 as a Romanesque church belonging to

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396-454: The Old Botanical Garden and its arboretum. There is also a unique public bath just for men ( Männerbad ) that also serves as an event restaurant. That section of the moat is also used as a ground for canoeing and a 'water stadion' for canoe waterball. Probably the most natural part is situated nearby the mouth into the Sihl, where also some waterbirds and even fish found an inner-city refugium. As of December 2015, an association asked for

429-567: The 1900s, but the finds mistakenly were identified as Roman objects. Not yet archaeologically proven but suggested by the historians, as well for the first construction of today's Münsterbrücke Limmat crossing, the present Weinplatz square was the former civilian harbour of the Celtic-Roman Turicum . Augustinerturm was the tower named after the Augustinian priory , and was part of the third, left-bank fortifications. It

462-734: The Augustinian abbey, on occasion of the Reformation, worship in the church was discontinued. In 1841 the Roman Catholic community of Zürich planned to rebuild the building to commemorate the old Augustinian church. But, as the majority of the Catholic community rejected the decisions of the First Vatican Council of 1870, the whole community was expelled from the Catholic church. For the same reason, Augustinerkirche

495-467: The Augustinian priory, and were also part of the 16th-century fortifications. They were situated close to the present Augustinerkirche. In 1575 the prior gate "Kecinstürlin", a small gate, was replaced, and the construction lasted to 1578. There are no further details documented, but the bulwark was probably a circular, heavy, unadorned building at the Fröschengraben moat. Usually, enthroned above

528-493: The Celtic- Helvetii oppidum Lindenhof , whose remains were discovered in archaeological campaigns in the years 1989, 1997, 2004 and 2007 on Lindenhof, Münsterhof and Rennweg- Augustinergasse , and also in the 1900s, but the finds mistakenly were identified as Roman objects. Not yet archaeological proven but suggested by the historians, as well for the first construction of the today's Münsterbrücke Limmat crossing,

561-769: The City of Zürich, while the nave is owned by the St. Peter parish of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich . The clock tower and the nave of St. Peter do not have the same owner: until the French Revolution the tower belonged to the former city republic of Zürich, since 1803 to the city of Zürich. Belfry and bells belong to the Reformed Church of the canton of Zürich, as well as

594-490: The bastion had a red tile roof. The bulwark was demolished between 1811 and 1813. St. Peterhofstatt St. Peter is one of the four main churches of the old town of Zürich , Switzerland, besides Grossmünster , Fraumünster and Predigerkirche . Located next to the Lindenhof hill , the site of the former Roman castle, the church was built on the site of a temple to Jupiter . An early church of 10 by 7 metres

627-505: The clock room of the St. Peter's tower, and in 1996 the electrified mechanical movement of 1844 was shut down and replaced by a central computer system. The clock tower of St. Peter was for centuries Zürich's 'official local time', and all public city clocks had to conform to it. The church clock of St. Peter has the second-largest tower clock face in Europe, the outer diameter of each of the four church clocks measures 8.64 metres (28.3 ft),

660-400: The first church built under Protestant rule. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich . Until 1911, the steeple was manned by a fire watch. Restoration work was carried out in 1970 to 1975. The steeple's clock face has a diameter of 8.7 m (as of 2023, the largest church clock face in Europe ). The bells date to 1880. The church steeple is owned by

693-406: The gate were the coat of arms of Zürich, made of stone. It is assumed that the bulwark may have not been entered with carts, as the previous Ketzinstürli ; thus, the gate of the bulwark was established only for passenger services. The gate also was known as Augustinertörlein , meaning the small Augustinian gate. On the later map series of Bullinger and on the drawings by the illustrator Franz Hegi ,

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726-498: The internal (i.e. inside the town wall) Fröschengraben , the outer Sihlgraben and the intermediate town wall was first mentioned in 1258 AD as niuwer graben (new moat), and in 1293 as graben ze Woloshofen Türlin , probably meaning the moat at the Wollishofen gate. The present Schanzengraben was still in construction around 1300. On the wall gardens , probably the area between Fröschengraben, Sihlgraben and Schanzengraben,

759-483: The minute hand 5.73 metres (18.8 ft), the hour hand 5.07 metres (16.6 ft), and the minute crack of the large pointer measures 0.455 metres (1.5 ft). The pipe organ was installed in 1974 by Mühleisen Manufacture d’orgues from Strasbourg. It was revised in 1992, 1994 and 1997. The slider chests instrument has 52 registers on three manuals and 32 pedals. Around the 1st century BC La Tène culture , archaeologists excavated individual and aerial finds of

792-596: The moat, but also crosses underneath the General-Guisan-Quai and four road bridges, namely Börsenstrasse, Stockerstrasse, Pelikanstrasse and Sihlstrasse, as well as four pedestrian bridges. In addition to the so-called Seeuferanlage and its neighboring General-Guisan-Quai , there is nearby the Arboretum and the Voliere Zürich , Other attractions include the historical Enge quarter, but mainly

825-402: The present Weinplatz square was the former civilian harbour of the Celtic-Roman Turicum . Assumed to be the oldest parish church of Zürich, St. Peterhofstatt is St. Peter's adjoint plaza, analogously meaning the royal court at St. Peter. [REDACTED] Media related to St. Peter Church in Zürich at Wikimedia Commons Fr%C3%B6schengraben Schanzengraben is a moat and

858-411: The sense of time has been refined by half on the quarter-hour strike, and in 1538 the striking clock was replaced, and all four facades got dials. Replacements of the clock mechanism followed in 1593–1594, 1675 and 1826. In 1844 a new movement with quarter-hour strike was installed; the electrification of the work was carried out in 1873. In 1972 the balance was replaced by a fully automatic master clock in

891-529: The southern Fröschengraben moat, and the Rennwegtor . The inner moat was enforced by the later built Schanzengraben . But, historical and scientifically more interesting, around the 1st century BC La Tène culture , archaeologists excavated individual and aerial finds of the Celtic- Helvetii oppidum Lindenhof , whose remains were discovered in archaeological campaigns in the years 1989, 1997, 2004 and 2007 on Lindenhof, Münsterhof and Rennweg, and also in

924-422: The staircase leading to the tower. The tower was primarily used for fire police duties, and 1340 AD the first fire guard was set in duty. In the pre- and early Romanesque area, St. Peter had no church tower; the first three-storey tower was built in early 13th century. The first floor with Romanesque ribbed vault dates back to that period. In 1450 the tower was increased to 64 metres (210 ft) (as of today) and

957-512: The town, the rest being part of monasteries. The first reformed pastor, Leo Jud (1523–1542), was a friend of Huldrych Zwingli and contributed to the first translation of the Bible in Zurich. Johann Kaspar Lavater was pastor from 1778 to 1801. His gravestone can be seen in the church wall. Theologian Adolf Keller served as pastor from 1909 to 1924. The current building was consecrated in 1706 as

990-525: Was built in 1864, as a logical 'counterpart' to the Frauenbad at the Stadthausquai , being the historical men's bath. During the industrialization, on the node's banks settled various factories, and so Schanzengraben degenerated over time to an unattractive factory channel. The water tower, a local landmark, was built in 1724, and still exists in its original construction. First discussed in 1952,

1023-423: Was completed as part of the Baroque fortifications of Zurich around 1642 AD. Being once the moat outside the town wall, the bulwark "Zur Katz" was the former easterly gunnery bastion of the city fortification. In 1830 the moat was redesigned as the second effluence of Lake Zurich, then redirected to the Sihl, and therefore it 'survived' the demolition of the Baroque fortification system. Männerbad Schanzengraben

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1056-451: Was situated close to the Augustinerkirche . There are findings of strong tower remains, which were brought to light on occasion of the foundation work at present Bahnhofstrasse 40. It is believed that the three upper, and later built timbered floors were blown open on the side towards to the city; thus it must have been a gigantic fortification. The attached fort was demolished in 1811. Augustinertor and Augustinerbollwerk were named after

1089-442: Was the home of the medieval artisans of Zürich. Beginning in the 17th century, rich factory owners settled there, resulting in an open 'competition' for the best facade. Tourist highlights are the numerous carved wooden bay windows of these colourful houses, along with some mostly tourist-oriented shops, coffeehouses and restaurants; thus the tiny lane is probably one of the most colorful streets in Zürich. Much more modestly decorated

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