Kreuzgang zu Allerheiligen
Kreuzgang zu Allerheiligen (12./13. Jh.)
The largest cloister in Switzerland. Partly 12th-century Romanesque, partly 13-century Gothic, the cloister encloses the romantic, lovely cloister garden, the so-called «Junkernfriedhof» (‚noblemen’s cemetery‘) in which from 1582 – 1874 important civic authorities of Schaffhausen such as mayors, town councillors, religious ministers and other deserving townsfolk were buried.
The largest cloister in Switzerland. Partly 12th-century Romanesque, partly 13-century Gothic, the cloister encloses the romantic, lovely cloister garden, the so-called «Junkernfriedhof» (‚noblemen’s cemetery‘) in which from 1582 – 1874 important civic authorities of Schaffhausen such as mayors, town councillors, religious ministers and other deserving townsfolk were buried.
