St. Peter in Zürich has Romanesque origins and a Gothic nave rebuilt in 1460. An early church of the eighth or ninth century was replaced around the year 1000 and again in 1230. The current building was consecrated in 1706, the first church built under Protestant rule in the city. Before the Reformation it was the town's only parish church, and Rudolf Brun, Zürich's first independent mayor, was buried here in 1360.
The tower was raised to 210 feet (64 meters) in 1450. In 1996 its 79-foot (24-meter) upper section was re-covered with 42,000 larch shingles, making it the only wooden roof in Zürich. Each clock dial measures 28 feet (8.64 meters) across, and one passage calls it Europe's largest, while another calls it the second-largest.
It remains an active Reformed parish church.
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