- The Grossmünster ("Great Minster") is a Romanesque-style church and one of the three major churches in the city.
- Grossmünster, also means the great minister, is a beautiful 12th-century cathedral and is one of the most recognizable and distinguished landmarks of Zurich.
- Today, Grossmünster is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Zurich, drawing in half a million visitors per year.
- In the first half of the 16th century, the Grossmünster church was the starting point of the Swiss-German Reformation led by Huldrych Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger.
- The Swiss Railway offers trains every 30 minutes between Zurich Stadelhofen and Grossmünster, which is the station nearest to Zurich Airport.
- The architecturally imposing Grossmünster is one of the most historically significant buildings in Zurich and one of the city's major churches.
- The twin towers of the Grossmünster are probably the most recognized landmark in Zürich The church was constructed in the Romanesque style.
- A statue of Emperor Charles the Great adorns the southern tower of the Grossmunster Church, commemorating his reign as Holy Roman Emperor from 771 to 814.
- In accordance with Zwingli's beliefs, Zurich's Grossmünster is austere, stripped of the heavy ornamentation you'll find in the cathedrals of Italy.
- The Grossmünster was a monastery church, vying for precedence with the Fraumünster across the Limmat throughout the Middle Ages.