Pfäfers Abbey

Pfäfers Abbey
Pfäfers Abbey, with Bad Ragaz upslope to the northeast
Interactive map of Pfäfers Abbey
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
Established731
Site
LocationPfäfers, Switzerland

Pfäfers Abbey (German: Kloster Pfäfers), also known as St. Pirminsberg from its position on a mountain, was a Benedictine monastery in Pfäfers near Bad Ragaz, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Situated at the junction of the Tamina and Rhine valleys, it flourished as a religious house and owner of lands and serfs, as well as assuming extraordinary importance as a political and cultural centre of the Chur–Raetian region.

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