Zwingli's Birthplace

Wildhaus

Lisighaus is the birthplace of the famous church reformer Huldrych Zwingli.

In the morning of New Year's day 1484 Huldrych Zwingli was born in Wildhaus. He was ordained as a priest at the early age of twenty-two (in Constance) and then acted as a priest in the canton of Glarus and also as a preacher with the Glarus troops. He could, however, not identify himself with his mercenary colleagues and left to continue his work as a priest in Einsiedeln. From 1519 until his death he was a priest at the Grossmünster cathedral in Zurich. His tasks in Zurich were an influence on him to become a church reformer. While still a Catholic priest he set the cornerstones for the Evangelical-Reformed church of Switzerland.

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Contact Information

Geburtshaus von Huldrych Zwingli
Lisighaus
9658 Wildhaus
Tel. +41 (0)71 999 16 25

Öffnungszeiten Zwinglimuseum:
Weihnachten bis Ostern, Pfingsten bis 15. Oktober. Dienstag bis Sonntag jeweils von 14.00h - 16.00h.

Gruppenführungen ganzjährig auch zu anderen Zeiten, nach telefonischer Anfrage, möglich.

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Opening hours:
Open on Ascension Day and from beginning of June until end of October, every day except Mondays, 2.00 to 4.00 p.m.

Group visits are possible throughout the year on other dates and times. Please call for further information.