624:
304:
487:
174:
528:
228:
36:
670:, the city government took over the monastic buildings for new uses. Among others, the buildings were used between 1637 and 1639 as an orphanage and a prison. In 1771 the orphans were held in the newly built orphanage in the former monastery's garden. The former orphanage today serves as the official
507:
was a bastion of the fortifications, and was built under the supervision of
Balthasar Keller in 1532. The stronghold replaced a wooden mounting in the garden of the Oetenbach convent and had to secure the western town wall and the gate at the Limmat River. In 1642 the bulwark was covered, and in 1764
852:
440:, a house is mentioned in 1346. Over the decades, the time accumulating sludge was periodically dug out by day labourers or in forced labour to process. The excavation was used to fertilize the fields of the Oetenbach nunnery.
593:. It may be assumed that the grain master occupied the principal rooms, including the two wood-carved rooms at the northern end of the wing that probably served as the apartment of the prioress. As well as the so-called
1077:
605:, thanks to their uninterrupted use and appreciation of the institutions established there, remained in use until a few years before the demolition of the monastic buildings occurred. In 1894 the wood-carved
512:
building was provided as a storage room and economics building. In 1903 the bastion was broken as the last construction of the city's fortifications. Numerous finds came to light, including the gravestone of
1097:
1062:
856:
1082:
821:
1117:
470:, and its property was passed over to the city government in 1525. It served thereafter as part of the city fortifications, prison and asylum. Except for the later-built
877:
623:
1067:
303:
919:
892:"C I, Nr. 856 Der Rat von Zürich trifft mit dem Kloster Oetenbach eine Übereinkunft betreffend die Stadtmauer am Sihlbühl (Gegenbrief ... (1292.06.23)"
853:"Die Zürcher Predigerkirche – Wichtige Etappen der Baugeschichte. Auf dem Murerplan beschönigt? – Untersuchungen an der Westfassade der Predigerkirche"
1072:
360:
143:
426:, and on 23 June 1292, a law to regulate by decree was sealed by the city of Zürich and the convent, related to the section of the town wall at the
1023:
1112:
1102:
1087:
738:
547:
that was created by architect Vögtlin over an arm of the Limmat river in 1689. Measuring about 17.5 metres in length, it connected the lower
371:(* probably before 1300; † after 1320) became the prioress of the Dominican nunnery, which promoted its further development, and her brother
1013:
1107:
486:
216:
stream was a bad place for the construction of a permanently inhabited convent, some decades later, it was built on the northern slope
895:
779:
53:
755:
723:
119:
100:
72:
825:
380:
57:
459:
parish church was in charge of the pastoral care of the
Oetenbach nunnery, as well as of the urban communities of the women
278:
river to the right. There are also shown the watermills, provided by the nunneries in Zürich at the location of the present
1092:
79:
543:
served as a pedestrian bridge, was very popular, but was broken in 1950. As its Swiss-German name explains, it was a
403:
221:
560:
283:
279:
86:
386:, son of Countess Elisabeth by first marriage, may have supported the nunnery as being in close friendship to the
46:
800:
352:
667:
467:
456:
159:
68:
660:
building, thus not one of the former convent buildings, but now used as the headquarters of the city police
463:, who lived nearby the Dominican and Franciscan mendicant orders in separate quarters outside the convents.
662:
167:
602:
455:
opposite of the Limmat river, influenced almost throughout German-speaking
Switzerland. Therefore, the
941:
691:
656:
642:
618:
509:
316:
288:
190:
163:
150:
in
Switzerland. Oetenbach was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at
398:
underground parking facilities were built in the 1960s, and also was forced by the city government (
355:, who like her mother and father before, was an ally of the city of Zürich and had the citizenship (
514:
491:
452:
372:
348:
712:
Stadtgeschichte und Städtebau in Zürich. Schriften zu Archäologie, Denkmalpflege und
Stadtplanung.
173:
942:"Von den mittelalterlichen Klöstern zur Stadtverwaltung: Fraumünsterabtei und Oetenbachkloster"
569:
93:
871:
751:
734:
719:
631:
497:
412:
260:
891:
775:
527:
448:
387:
136:
966:
716:
Schrift zur
Ausstellung im Haus zum Haus zum Rech, Zürich, 6. Februar bis 30. April 2004
743:
598:
437:
293:
266:
235:
186:
1056:
332:
297:
292:
bridges over the Limmat river, an old privilege dating back to the foundation of the
209:
151:
731:
Die Stadt Zürich I. Stadt vor der Mauer, mittelalterliche
Befestigung und Limmatraum
154:, situated outside of the European Middle Ages town walls, but moved to the present
567:– a former river island that later was used as the site of a paper mill – today's
227:
848:
703:
443:
Because of his great appointment district in the province of the order
Dominican
17:
1006:
1000:
994:
636:
606:
428:
343:. The nuns changed the unhappy chosen location of the former convent to today's
155:
35:
556:
391:
178:
1038:
1025:
586:
247:
239:
208:
nunnery was first mentioned in 1237 AD at its first location at the present
331:
was named after the small stream of the same name at its first location at
147:
460:
733:. In: Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons Zürich, Wiese Verlag, Basel 1999,
271:
182:
139:
410:
bulwark. The irrigated grave system of medieval Zürich, consisting of
177:
The area of the abolished nunnery towards
Uraniastrasse, as seen from
255:
258:
river – at the top, in fact in the east and not in the north – the
622:
526:
485:
302:
226:
172:
166:
building is its only remaining structure, now the headquarters of
422:
and the intermediate town wall was first mentioned in 1258 AD as
585:
of the city of Zürich moved his offices to the east wing of the
418:
275:
913:
911:
855:(in German). Amt für Städtebau der Stadt Zürich. Archived from
29:
718:. Amt für Städtebau, Baugeschichtliches Archiv, Zürich 2004,
1078:
16th-century disestablishments in the Old Swiss
Confederacy
466:
The Oetenbach nunnery was dissolved on the occasion of the
436:, probably the area between Fröschengraben, Sihlgraben and
708:
Stadtmauern. Ein neues Bild der Stadtbefestigungen Zürichs
519:, which was misused as a loophole cornice of the bulwark.
394:. So the nunnery spread at the location where the present
654:
The last remaining building of the nunnery is the former
776:"C V 3.13 a.3 Mühlen am Mühlesteg, 1344-1682 (Dossier)"
581:
After the death of the last Oetenbach nun in 1566, the
1098:
Christian monasteries established in the 13th century
843:
841:
158:. The nunnery was abolished on the occasion of the
60:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
474:, all convent buildings were demolished when the
609:were transferred to the Swiss National Museum.
563:. At the site of the then-mill lower ridge at
1063:Demolished buildings and structures in Zürich
947:(in German). Baugeschichtliches Archiv Zürich
822:"Bd.: 10, Gruber - Hassencamp, Leipzig, 1879"
8:
1083:Religious buildings and structures in Zürich
1007:
876:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
254:hill area is illustrated, surrounded by the
1001:
995:
729:Christine Barraud Wiener and Peter Jezler:
347:in 1286. The founding was supported by the
1118:13th-century establishments in Switzerland
402:) of Zürich to enforce the northwesterly
120:Learn how and when to remove this message
851:, Urs Jäggin, Felix Wyss (2006-12-31).
767:
750:. Volume 3. Artemis, Zürich 1975–1986,
869:
589:, which was henceforth referred to as
7:
1068:Christian monasteries in Switzerland
1014:Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
58:adding citations to reliable sources
965:Martina Wehrli-Johns (2012-12-29).
25:
390:which got in the 1340s asylum in
212:. Because the swampy area at the
1073:1525 disestablishments in Europe
34:
989: Martina Wehrli-Johns:
896:Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich
780:Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich
573:pedestrian bridge was erected.
45:needs additional citations for
922:(in German). Gang dur Alt-Züri
826:Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
803:(in German). Gang dur Alt-Züri
1:
1113:1237 establishments in Europe
1103:Dominican monasteries of nuns
1088:Ruined abbeys and monasteries
748:Zürich. Eine Kulturgeschichte
296:abbey located at the present
646:to the right at the present
577:Wainscoting of the dormitory
490:replic of the gravestone of
363:at the northwesterly end of
270:moat to the right, and some
27:Dominican nunnery in Zürich
1134:
616:
601:abbey, the last resident
250:map of 1576, the central
1108:Fortifications of Zürich
478:was built in the 1900s.
404:fortifications of Zürich
353:Elisabeth von Rapperswil
1017:, 25 December 2012.
559:and Bahnhofquai nearby
516:Ulrich I von Regensberg
493:Ulrich I von Regensberg
406:, namely the so-called
384:von Habsburg-Laufenburg
379:in 1320. Also probably
651:
536:
531:Oetenbach bulwark and
500:
320:
243:
196:
195:building to the right.
940:Regine Abegg (2009).
668:Reformation in Zürich
630:building complex and
626:
603:Katharina von Zimmern
545:covered wooden bridge
530:
489:
468:Reformation in Zürich
367:. Thus, her daughter
306:
230:
176:
160:Reformation in Zürich
561:Bahnhofbrücke Zürich
54:improve this article
1035: /
920:"Oetenbachbollwerk"
663:Stadtpolizei Zürich
373:Wernher von Homberg
369:Cecilia von Homberg
349:House of Rapperswil
168:Stadtpolizei Zürich
69:"Oetenbach nunnery"
1039:47.3741°N 8.5404°E
652:
640:hill to the left,
541:Gedecktes Brüggli
537:
501:
321:
252:Lindenhof–Sihlbühl
244:
197:
1093:Altstadt (Zürich)
739:978-3-9061-3171-9
692:Waisenhaus Zürich
676:Waisenhausstrasse
632:Urania Sternwarte
619:Waisenhaus Zürich
595:Äbtissinnenstuben
533:Gedecktes Brüggli
523:Gedecktes Brüggli
505:Oetenbachbollwerk
498:Regensberg Castle
482:Oetenbachbollwerk
335:, as today named
317:Waisenhaus Zürich
315:area towards the
289:Gedecktes Brüggli
246:On the so-called
238:on the so-called
189:to the left, the
130:
129:
122:
104:
18:Oetenbach Nunnery
16:(Redirected from
1125:
1050:
1049:
1047:
1046:
1045:
1040:
1036:
1033:
1032:
1031:
1028:
1009:
1003:
997:
978:
977:
975:
974:
969:(in German). HDS
962:
956:
955:
953:
952:
946:
937:
931:
930:
928:
927:
918:Gebrüder Dürst.
915:
906:
905:
903:
902:
888:
882:
881:
875:
867:
865:
864:
845:
836:
835:
833:
832:
818:
812:
811:
809:
808:
801:"Oetenbachgasse"
799:Gebrüder Dürst.
796:
790:
789:
787:
786:
772:
555:between present
142:in the medieval
125:
118:
114:
111:
105:
103:
62:
38:
30:
21:
1133:
1132:
1128:
1127:
1126:
1124:
1123:
1122:
1053:
1052:
1044:47.3741; 8.5404
1043:
1041:
1037:
1034:
1029:
1026:
1024:
1022:
1021:
986:
981:
972:
970:
964:
963:
959:
950:
948:
944:
939:
938:
934:
925:
923:
917:
916:
909:
900:
898:
890:
889:
885:
868:
862:
860:
847:
846:
839:
830:
828:
820:
819:
815:
806:
804:
798:
797:
793:
784:
782:
774:
773:
769:
765:
700:
688:
674:at the present
621:
615:
579:
525:
484:
449:Predigerkloster
388:Predigerkloster
377:Our Lady Chapel
326:
282:and southernly
274:streams of the
220:of the present
202:
126:
115:
109:
106:
63:
61:
51:
39:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1131:
1129:
1121:
1120:
1115:
1110:
1105:
1100:
1095:
1090:
1085:
1080:
1075:
1070:
1065:
1055:
1054:
1019:
1018:
1011:in the online
985:
984:External links
982:
980:
979:
957:
932:
907:
883:
837:
813:
791:
766:
764:
761:
760:
759:
744:Sigmund Widmer
741:
727:
699:
696:
695:
694:
687:
684:
617:Main article:
614:
611:
578:
575:
539:The so-called
524:
521:
508:the adjoining
483:
480:
438:Schanzengraben
413:Fröschengraben
345:Oetenbachgasse
325:
322:
313:Uranianstrasse
267:Schanzengraben
261:Fröschengraben
236:Lindenhof hill
201:
198:
128:
127:
42:
40:
33:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1130:
1119:
1116:
1114:
1111:
1109:
1106:
1104:
1101:
1099:
1096:
1094:
1091:
1089:
1086:
1084:
1081:
1079:
1076:
1074:
1071:
1069:
1066:
1064:
1061:
1060:
1058:
1051:
1048:
1016:
1015:
1010:
1004:
998:
992:
988:
987:
983:
968:
961:
958:
943:
936:
933:
921:
914:
912:
908:
897:
894:(in German).
893:
887:
884:
879:
873:
859:on 2014-12-19
858:
854:
850:
844:
842:
838:
827:
824:(in German).
823:
817:
814:
802:
795:
792:
781:
778:(in German).
777:
771:
768:
762:
757:
756:3-7608-0399-7
753:
749:
745:
742:
740:
736:
732:
728:
725:
724:3-905384-05-1
721:
717:
713:
709:
705:
702:
701:
697:
693:
690:
689:
685:
683:
681:
677:
673:
669:
665:
664:
659:
658:
649:
645:
644:
639:
638:
633:
629:
625:
620:
612:
610:
608:
604:
600:
596:
592:
588:
584:
576:
574:
572:
571:
566:
562:
558:
554:
550:
546:
542:
534:
529:
522:
520:
518:
517:
511:
506:
499:
495:
494:
488:
481:
479:
477:
476:Uraniastrasse
473:
469:
464:
462:
458:
454:
450:
446:
441:
439:
435:
432:area. On the
431:
430:
425:
424:niuwer graben
421:
420:
415:
414:
409:
405:
401:
397:
393:
389:
385:
383:
382:Johann I
378:
374:
370:
366:
362:
358:
354:
350:
346:
342:
339:respectively
338:
334:
330:
323:
318:
314:
311:respectively
310:
305:
301:
299:
295:
291:
290:
285:
284:Münsterbrücke
281:
280:Rathausbrücke
277:
273:
269:
268:
263:
262:
257:
253:
249:
241:
237:
233:
229:
225:
223:
219:
215:
211:
207:
199:
194:
193:
188:
184:
180:
175:
171:
169:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
145:
141:
138:
134:
124:
121:
113:
102:
99:
95:
92:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71: –
70:
66:
65:Find sources:
59:
55:
49:
48:
43:This article
41:
37:
32:
31:
19:
1020:
1012:
990:
971:. Retrieved
960:
949:. Retrieved
935:
924:. Retrieved
899:. Retrieved
886:
861:. Retrieved
857:the original
829:. Retrieved
816:
805:. Retrieved
794:
783:. Retrieved
770:
747:
730:
715:
711:
707:
679:
675:
671:
666:. After the
661:
655:
653:
647:
641:
635:
627:
594:
591:Kornamtshaus
590:
583:grain master
582:
580:
568:
564:
552:
548:
544:
540:
538:
532:
515:
504:
502:
492:
475:
471:
465:
444:
442:
434:wall gardens
433:
427:
423:
417:
416:, the outer
411:
407:
399:
395:
381:
376:
375:donated the
368:
364:
361:municipality
356:
351:, namely by
344:
340:
336:
328:
327:
312:
308:
287:
265:
259:
251:
245:
231:
217:
213:
205:
203:
191:
144:municipality
132:
131:
116:
107:
97:
90:
83:
76:
64:
52:Please help
47:verification
44:
1042: /
967:"Oetenbach"
672:Stadthaus I
648:Bahnhofquai
607:wainscoting
599:Fraumünster
447:order, the
294:Fraumünster
286:and former
242:map of 1576
1057:Categories
1027:47°22′27″N
973:2015-01-11
951:2015-01-23
926:2015-01-22
901:2015-08-05
863:2014-12-27
831:2014-11-12
807:2015-01-17
785:2015-10-07
763:References
698:Literature
678:, meaning
657:Waisenhaus
643:Waisenhaus
613:Waisenhaus
565:Papierwerd
557:Limmatquai
553:Papierwerd
510:Waisenhaus
472:Waisenhaus
419:Sihlgraben
392:Rapperswil
333:Zürichhorn
298:Münsterhof
272:meandering
210:Zürichhorn
192:Waisenhaus
179:Limmatquai
164:Waisenhaus
152:Zürichhorn
80:newspapers
1030:8°32′25″E
991:Oetenbach
849:Dölf Wild
704:Dölf Wild
587:dormitory
570:Mühlesteg
549:Mühlesteg
457:Predigern
445:Teutonia
408:Oetenbach
365:Zürichsee
359:) of the
357:Burgrecht
329:Oetenbach
248:Murerplan
240:Murerplan
232:Oetenbach
222:Lindenhof
214:Oetenbach
206:Oetenbach
187:Lindenhof
137:Dominican
133:Oetenbach
872:cite web
686:See also
637:Sihlbühl
628:Amtshaus
461:Beguines
453:Neumarkt
429:Sihlbühl
341:Hornbach
337:Wildbach
319:building
309:Sihlbühl
300:square.
218:Sihlbühl
200:Location
156:Sihlbühl
110:May 2024
1008:Italian
680:orphary
597:of the
535:in 1903
496:at the
324:History
234:at the
183:Schipfe
140:nunnery
94:scholar
1002:French
996:German
754:
737:
722:
682:lane.
396:Urania
256:Limmat
224:hill.
162:– the
148:Zürich
135:was a
96:
89:
82:
75:
67:
945:(PDF)
101:JSTOR
87:books
1005:and
993:in
878:link
752:ISBN
735:ISBN
720:ISBN
714:5).
551:and
503:The
307:The
276:Sihl
264:and
204:The
185:and
73:news
710:(=
451:at
400:Rat
146:of
56:by
1059::
999:,
910:^
874:}}
870:{{
840:^
746::
706::
634:,
181:,
170:.
976:.
954:.
929:.
904:.
880:)
866:.
834:.
810:.
788:.
758:.
726:.
650:.
123:)
117:(
112:)
108:(
98:·
91:·
84:·
77:·
50:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.