St. Johann Monastery (Alt St. Johann)

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The St. Johann monastery in the village of Alt St. Johann ( Canton St. Gallen , Switzerland ) existed from the 12th to the 17th centuries.

history

The monastery was founded by Benedictines . The oldest documented mention dates from 1152, when Pope Eugene II took St. Johann under his protection. The monastery owned goods in Toggenburg and in the Rhine valley : St. Johann, Stein , Krummenau , Kappel , St. Peterzell and Mogelsberg , near Feldkirch , Klaus , Götzis and Altach . It experienced its heyday in the 14th century.

Adam and Eve under the tree of knowledge - fresco by Dietrich Meuss , 1611

The abbey appears several times as a buyer of real estate in the area of ​​today's Principality of Liechtenstein . The most important acquisition was probably the purchase of the Red House in Vaduz in 1525. The monastery survived the Reformation , but lost its independence in 1555 and was subordinated to the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen as a priory .

In 1626 the monastery buildings fell victim to a major fire. As a result, the priory was moved about ten kilometers down the valley to the village of Sidwald, which has since been called Neu St. Johann .

Later use

Today's building ensemble: Propsteigebuilding and Alt St. Johann church (2013)

Instead of the old monastery, a parish church with a rectory was built. To this day, the former monastery buildings house a Roman Catholic parish church (Alt St. Johann) with a priory building.

See also

literature

  • Johannes Huber: Monastery of St. Johann in the Thurtal. Self-published by the Catholic Parish Office Alt St. Johann, 2007, ISBN 3-9522806-8-2 .
  • Daniel Studer: The former St. Johann monastery in the Thurtal. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 709, Series 71). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 2002, ISBN 978-3-85782-709-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelia Herrmann: The art monuments of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2007, p. 287.
  2. ↑ Neu St. Johann is part of Nesslau today . The monastery complex, which has now also been abandoned, now houses a curative education center. [1] .

Coordinates: 47 ° 11 '40.3 "  N , 9 ° 17' 8.4"  E ; CH1903:  739958  /  228710