page_title: Wasserkirche
hierarchical_section_title: Wasserkirche
caption_attribution_description: Helmhaus and Wasserkirche in Zürich (Switzerland), as seen from Stadthausquai nearby Münsterhof, Grossmünster to the left.
context_page_description: The Wasserkirche of Zürich, first mentioned as ecclesia Aquatica Turicensi around 1250 and as wazzirkilcha in 1256, is a church built on a small island in the Limmat, situated between the two main churches of medieval Zürich, the Grossmünster and the Fraumünster, at the Limmatquai and the Münsterbrücke.
context_section_description: The Wasserkirche ("Water Church") of Zürich, first mentioned as  ecclesia Aquatica Turicensi around 1250 and as wazzirkilcha in 1256, is a church built on a small island in the Limmat, situated between the two main churches of medieval Zürich, the Grossmünster and the Fraumünster, at the Limmatquai and the Münsterbrücke.
caption: Grossmünster and Wasserkirche with Helmhaus (to the left) as seen from Stadthausquai, Münsterbrücke to the left.
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