Augustinerkirche was once one of the five main churches in the old town of Zürich, Switzerland, together with Fraumünster, Grossmünster, Predigern and St. Peter's.

In the high European Middle Ages, the abbey was part of the fortifications of Zürich,[2] situated on the lower slope the Lindenhof hill, near the small Kecinstürlin gate over the moat known as Fröschengraben or Augustinertor.

[5] The monastery consisted of a Romanesque church on today's site as well as the monastic buildings built around the cloister to the north.

The convent was abolished in 1524, worship in the church was discontinued, and the buildings and income of the monastery were assigned to the Augustiner Amt, then a bailiwick or administrative entity of the city of Zürich.

[7] The original Augustinian abbey was built with a Gothic architecture church around 1270 AD beside the western medieval city wall of Zürich.

The church was transformed during the Reformation in Zürich into a secular workshop, and served as a mint coinage and storage space.

[8] Ferdinand Stadler (1813–1870), an architect born in Zürich, was charged with the construction of the new church building in the popular Gothic Revival style in 1843/44.

The crucifix, the altar and the baptismal font are designed by Franz Fischer, and the stained glass windows are the work of August Wanner in 1965.