Zugora

Church and monastery

Kirche St. Michael

Zug · 457 m above sea level

Translation This English text is a draft translation of the German original and has not been reviewed yet.

St. Michael's Church
Photo: Paebi (changes by Rabanus Flavus), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Photo · CC BY-SA 4.0

The parish church of St. Michael was built from 1898 to 1902 to plans by Karl Moser (Curjel & Moser) and replaced an older church higher up the slope. The original furnishings in neo-Romanesque, neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau forms are completely preserved.

Facts

  • Built 1898–1902, consecrated in 1902
  • Architect Karl Moser
  • Dedicated to St. Michael, the town's patron saint

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More information

Coordinates (LV95): 2,681,828 / 1,224,091

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  • Terrain, relief, municipal boundaries, buildings and hiking trails: © swisstopo
  • Playgrounds and family places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL); the derived database of places (JSON file to download) is also available under the ODbL.
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  • Position of the sun after the NOAA formulas; shade values from swissSURFACE3D and swissALTI3D (calculated by the zug-family project).
  • Tips link to Zug Tourismus; only name and location are taken over.