page_title: Carolinum, Zürich
section_title: Cloister and Carolinum
hierarchical_section_title: Carolinum, Zürich / Architecture / Cloister and Carolinum
caption_attribution_description: Theologisches Seminar (Carolinum) University of Zurich, respectively former Höhere Töchterschule college in Zürich (Switzerland) respectively cloister of Grossmünster
context_page_description: The Carolinum Zürich is the predecessor educational institution of the theological faculty of the University of Zürich, established in 1525. As building, it is part of the former cloister of the Grossmünster Chorherrenstift in Zürich, Switzerland. Grossmünster and Carolinum are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class A object.
context_section_description: The cloister of the former Chorherrenstift Grossmünster, the chapter of Augustinian canons, dates from the late 12th century  and was part of the canons (Chorherrenstift) which was dissolved in 1832, making way for the girls' school. The cloister was dismantled and integrated into the new building those reconstruction was based on the original elements of the architecture, but includes numerous interpretations by the architect.   The cloister is also home to a permanent exhibition on Zwingli and other important people in the Reformation era.
  The cloister was renewed in 2009, its sandstone elements were cleaned, and the interior garden redesigned in corporation with the ProSpecieRara foundation. The compilation of the cultural and historical ornamental plants is inspired by the natural scientist and polymath Conrad Gessner who found his final resting place in the cloister. Gessner dealt inter alia with the elements of teaching, therefore the renewed courtyard garden is dedicated to the thema earth, fire, water and air, cultural-historical ornamental plants in the four beds, analogous to the Gessner-Garten in the Old Botananical Garden.
caption: Herbal garden
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