St. Joseph's Church is the second oldest Catholic church in the city. Construction of St. Joseph's Church began in 1913 according to the plans of the architect Adolf Gaudy from Rorschach. In 1973, the exterior of the church was renovated, and in 1976-1977 the interior was renovated.
The city church of Winterthur was built from the 13th to the 19th century. Apart from the tower, the oldest part that still exists today is the Romanesque-early-Gothic choir, which was built in the middle of the 13th century. It was built as an extension of the nave on the model of the Fraumünster in Zurich. Serious damage during the city fire of 1313 made its reconstruction necessary. From 1486 to 1490, a second tower was built on the south side of the choir. The nave was built between 1501 and 1518 and extended ten metres further west but was somewhat narrower than before.
The New Fluntern church is a Protestant Reformed Church built between 1918 and 1920, designed by Robert Curjel and Karl Coelestin Moser. Even after its renovation in 1954, 1998, 2001 and 2005, the neo-classical church building was largely preserved in its original state.
The Liebfrauen Church was built between 1892 and 1894 according to the plans of the architect August Hardegger (1858-1927), who designed the church in the style of an early Christian basilica based on models of Roman and Ravenna buildings. Hardegger had developed the idea in collaboration with the influential art historian and priest Albert Kuhn (1839-1929).
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