Münster Schaffhausen
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Münster is one of the two main churches of the old town of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. First built in 1064 AD as a Romanesque Basilica of the then Benecdictine Kloster Allerheiligen, it was rebuilt several times, and became in 1524 the Reformed Church of the city of Schaffhausen.
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Münster Schaffhausen | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reformed |
District | Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Schaffhausen |
Location | |
Location | Schaffhausen Switzerland |
Geographic coordinates | 47°41′41.63″N 8°38′12.3″E |
Architecture | |
Type | Basilica |
Style | Romanesque Architecture, Gothic Revival |
Founder | Eberhard von Nellenburg |
Date established | 22 November 1049; 974 years ago (1049-11-22) |
Groundbreaking | 1049 |
Completed | 1064; 960 years ago (1064) |
Direction of façade | west |
Website | |
Official website (in German) |
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