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Bollingen is a village (''Kirchdorf'') within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. Geography The village is located along the northern shore of the upper Lake Zürich (''Obersee'') between Jona and Schmerikon. Bollingen was part of the former municipality of Jona: On 1 January 2007 the former municipalities of Rapperswil and Jona merged to form the new political entity Rapperswil-Jona. History Sandstone from Bollingen may have been used even in the Roman Empire era, but presumably ''Bollinger Sandstein'' is extracted and processed since 1000 AD. Among others it was used for the Grossmünster and Fraumünster churches in Zürich, as well as for the Einsiedeln and St. Gallen abbeys, or the Zunfthaus zur Meisen that was built in 1757 at the Münsterhof plaza in Zürich. In the European Middle Ages, the two settlements named ''Unterbollingen'' and ''Oberbollingen'' are mentioned as part of the later Herrschaft Rapperswil of the Counts of Rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraumünster
The Fraumünster (; lit. in en, Women's Minster, but often wrongly translated to urLady Minster) is a church in Zürich which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the lands of Zürich, Uri, and the Albis forest, and granted the convent immunity, placing it under his direct authority. Today, it belongs to the Evangelical Reformed Church of the canton of Zürich and is one of the four main churches of Zürich, the others being the Grossmünster, Prediger and St. Peter's churches. History In 1045, King Henry III granted the convent the right to hold markets, collect tolls, and mint coins, and thus effectively made the abbess the ruler of the city. Emperor Frederick II granted the abbey ''Reichsunmittelbarkeit'' in 1218, thus making it territorially independent of all authority save that of the Emperor himself, and increasing the pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollingen Tower
The Bollingen Tower is a structure built by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung. In appearance, it is a small castle with four towers. It is located in the village of Bollingen on the shore of the ''Obersee'' (upper lake) basin of Lake Zürich. History Jung bought the land in 1922 after the death of his mother. In 1923 he built a two-storey round tower on this land. It was a stone structure suitable to be lived in. Additions to this tower were constructed in 1927, 1931, and 1935, resulting in a building that has four connected parts. A second storey was added to the 1927 addition after the death of Jung's wife in 1955, signifying "an extension of consciousness achieved in old age." For much of his life Jung spent several months each year living at Bollingen. The Tower is now owned by a family trust and is not open to the public. The Bollingen Foundation, created in 1945 but inactive since 1968, was named after it. Inscribed cube In 1950, on the occasion of his 75th birthday, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish Church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, often allowing its premises to be used for non-religious community events. The church building reflects this status, and there is considerable variety in the size and style of parish churches. Many villages in Europe have churches that date back to the Middle Ages, but all periods of architecture are represented. Roman Catholic Church Each diocese (administrative unit, headed by a Bishop) is divided into parishes. Normally, a parish comprises all Catholics living within its geographically defined area. Within a diocese, there can also be overlapping parishes for Catholics belonging to a particular rite, language, nationality, or community. Each parish has its own central church called the parish church, where religious services take pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reformation In Zürich
The Reformation in Zürich was promoted initially by Huldrych Zwingli, who gained the support of the magistrates of the city of Zürich and the princess abbess Katharina von Zimmern of the Fraumünster Abbey, and the population of the city of History of Zürich, Zürich and agriculture-oriented population of the present Canton of Zürich in the early 1520s. It led to significant changes in civil life and state matters in Zürich and spread to several other Cantons of Switzerland, cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy, and thus initiated the Reformation in Switzerland. Prologue At the time of the reformation, the city of Zürich was mainly dominated by the ancient families of Zürich and the guild representatives in the ''Kleiner Rat'' and ''Grosser Rat.'' The ''Kleiner Rat'' was equivalent to the executive branch of government. After about the 1490s, the ''Grosser Rat'' was mainly an equivalent of present-day ''committees'' to assist. Those dominating Zürich supported, in the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wurmsbach Abbey
Wurmsbach Abbey (Kloster Mariazell-Wurmsbach) is a monastery of Cistercian nuns located in Bollingen, a locality of Rapperswil-Jona, in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is located on the north shore of upper Lake Zürich. The house is a part of the Order of Cistercians of the Common Observance (O.Cist.). History Count Rudolf of Rapperswil gave his castle of Wurmsbach together with a considerable area of land in 1259 for the foundation of a religious house and the abbey was established. It was initially a dependency of the Cistercian monks of Abbey of St. Urban in Wettingen. The abbey church was dedicated in 1281. Bollinger Sandstein was used for the construction of the abbey by dedicated quarries. Elisabeth von Rapperswil died probably on 10 April 1309 in the Rapperswil Castle and may have been buried in the ''Wurmsbach'' nunnery (''†. Apr. IV. Idus: Elizabeth die Graffin, Stiffterin. Excerpta ex Necromonast. Wurmspacensis'') on ''Obersee'' lake shore. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Rapperswil
The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (''Grafen von Rapperwil'' since 1233, before ''Lords'') ruled the upper ''Zürichsee'' and ''Seedamm'' region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, Zürich and Graubünden when their influence was most extensive around the 1200s until the 1290s. They acted also as ''Vogt'' of the most influential Einsiedeln Abbey in the 12th and 13th century, and at least three abbots of Einsiedeln were members of Rapperswil family. History Early history In 697 legends mentions a knight called ''Raprecht'' in connection with the later Grynau Castle. The former seat of the ''Vogt'' in Altendorf was first mentioned as "Rahprehteswilare" in a document of emperor Otto II, in which goods of the Einsiedeln abbey were confirmed on 14 August 972. The fourth Abbot of Einsiedeln, ''Wirunt'' (996–1026), or Wirendus, Wirund, Wem, Wirand, Verendus, was according to 15th-century chronists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rüti Abbey
Rüti, which comes from the Old High German word , meaning " clearing", is a popular name for towns in the German speaking part of Switzerland. It can refer to the following: *Rüti, Glarus in Glarus *Rüti, Zürich in Zürich *:Rüti Reformed Church, an Evangelical Reformed church in the Swiss municipality of Rüti in the Canton of Zürich *:Rüti Abbey, a former Premonstratensian abbey, founded in 1206 and suppressed in 1525 on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich, situated in the municipality of Rüti in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland *Rüti bei Büren in Berne *Rüti bei Lyssach in Berne *Rüti bei Riggisberg in Berne *the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Hägglingen in Aargau *the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Waldkirch SG in St. Gallen *the hamlet of Rüti in the municipality of Affeltrangen in Thurgau *the former municipality of ''Rüti im Prättigau'' ( St. Antönien Rüti), now part of St. Antönien, Grisons The names of the following places have the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapperswil Castle
Rapperswil Castle ( Swiss German: ''Schloss Rapperswil'') is a castle, built in the early 13th century by the House of Rapperswil, in the formerly independent city of Rapperswil. The castle is located on the eastern '' Zürichsees western ''Obersee'' lakeshore in Rapperswil, a locality of the Rapperswil-Jona municipality in Switzerland's canton of St. Gallen. Since 1870 the castle has been home to the Polish National Museum established by Polish émigrés, including the castle's lessee and restorer, Count Wladyslaw Broel-Plater. ''Schloss Rapperswil'' and the Museum are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as ''Class A'' objects of national importance. Geography The medieval ''Altstadt'' of the city of Rapperswil is dominated by the castle perched atop a longish rocky hill on the peninsula called ''Lindenhof hill'' on its western side respectively ''Herrenberg'' on its eastern side where the castle was built. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Rapperswil
The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (''Grafen von Rapperwil'' since 1233, before ''Lords'') ruled the upper ''Zürichsee'' and ''Seedamm'' region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, Zürich and Graubünden when their influence was most extensive around the 1200s until the 1290s. They acted also as ''Vogt'' of the most influential Einsiedeln Abbey in the 12th and 13th century, and at least three abbots of Einsiedeln were members of Rapperswil family. History Early history In 697 legends mentions a knight called ''Raprecht'' in connection with the later Grynau Castle. The former seat of the ''Vogt'' in Altendorf was first mentioned as "Rahprehteswilare" in a document of emperor Otto II, in which goods of the Einsiedeln abbey were confirmed on 14 August 972. The fourth Abbot of Einsiedeln, ''Wirunt'' (996–1026), or Wirendus, Wirund, Wem, Wirand, Verendus, was according to 15th-century chronists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herrschaft Rapperswil
The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (''Grafen von Rapperwil'' since 1233, before ''Lords'') ruled the upper ''Zürichsee'' and ''Seedamm'' region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, Glarus, Zürich and Graubünden when their influence was most extensive around the 1200s until the 1290s. They acted also as ''Vogt'' of the most influential Einsiedeln Abbey in the 12th and 13th century, and at least three abbots of Einsiedeln were members of Rapperswil family. History Early history In 697 legends mentions a knight called ''Raprecht'' in connection with the later Grynau Castle. The former seat of the ''Vogt'' in Altendorf was first mentioned as "Rahprehteswilare" in a document of emperor Otto II, in which goods of the Einsiedeln abbey were confirmed on 14 August 972. The fourth Abbot of Einsiedeln, ''Wirunt'' (996–1026), or Wirendus, Wirund, Wem, Wirand, Verendus, was according to 15th-century chronists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staatsarchiv Des Kantons Zürich , the archives of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
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Staatsarchiv may refer to the archives of one of several national or sub-national governments: * Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg, the archives of the state of Hesse, situated in Marburg, Germany * Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, the national archives of Austria * Staatsarchiv Bern, the archives of the canton of Bern, Switzerland * Staatsarchiv Ludwigsburg, the archives of various public bodies in and around the city of Stuttgart, Germany * Staatsarchiv München, the archives of the administration of Upper Bavaria, Germany * Staatsarchiv des Kantons St. Gallen, the archives of the canton of St Gallen, Switzerland * Staatsarchiv Zürich Staatsarchiv Zürich, formally the Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, are the state archives of the Swiss Canton of Zürich and its legal predecessors, in particular the former city republic of Zürich. History The state archives host the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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