List of sacred buildings in the city of St. Gallen

This is a list of the churches, chapels, and places of worship in the city of St. Gallen . The sorting is roughly based on the importance of the church for the city's history and on the age.

Surname	Location	Denomination	First mention, first construction	Today's construction	history	Architecture of today's church
Collegiate Church of St. Gallus and St. Otmar	Monastery district	Catholic	at 612	1772	First chapel built by Gallus around 612 , later new buildings a. a. by Otmar (after 719) and Gozbert around 837. Until the new building in 1766, the Otmar Church from 867, the Gallus Minster from 837 and the Michael Chapel from 867 existed on the site	Baroque building built 1755–1772 by Gabriel Loser and Johann Caspar Bagnato. Among them still today the Otmar crypt (10th century), today the burial place of the bishops of St. Gallen , and the Gallus crypt (from the time of Gozbert).
Sacred Heart Chapel	Klosterviertel, at the end of the cloister	Catholic		1770	Formerly the chapter house , the chapel received its current form between 1764 and 1770.	Equipped with statues of the apostles by Franz Anton Dirr from the former church in Bruggen and perspective views of Swiss Benedictine monasteries
Gallus Chapel	Monastery district, outer monastery courtyard	Catholic	at the latest 971	1671	A chapel had existed here since 971 at the latest, and a new chapel was built in its place during renovations in 1671. Entrance flanked by larger-than-life statues of Saints Mauritius and Desiderius of Vienne	Almost square interior, walls and ceiling filled with paintings from the life of St. Gall, presumably by Johann Sebastian Hersche
Court chapel (bishop's chapel )	Monastery district, bishop's apartment	Catholic		1671	The chapel was consecrated in 1671.	Lush coffered ceiling depicting various saints who were important in St. Gallen
Children's Chapel ( Guardian Angel Chapel )	Northern boundary of the Stiftsviertel	Catholic		1843-46	Built by Felix Wilhelm Kubly for the Catholic administration.	Cubic, two-storey building with a hipped roof, all in white
City Church of St. Laurenzen	Old town, near the abbey district	Center of the Reformation in the city since Vadian	presumably 9th century	around 1850	First building, probably in the 9th century, with parish rights as early as 1170. New building in 1413 in the Gothic style , rebuilt and expanded several times during the Middle Ages. Center and meeting room for the reformed citizens of the city	Renewed and rebuilt on a large scale after 1850 according to plans by Johann Georg Müller, Ferdinand Stadler and Johann Christoph Kunkler. Among other things, the tower was completely rebuilt. Striking, neo-Gothic gallery with a monumental organ front on the choir side of the interior. The St. Laurence Church is still the meeting place for local residents of the city of St. Gallen.
St. Mangen Church	St. Mangen (Irer Vorstadt)	Reformed since Vadian	898	around 1100	898 first church by Abbot Solomon, in honor of the monk Magnus († around 759). Saint Wiborada was martyred here during the Hungarian invasion in 926. The church was rebuilt around 1100	Several, in part far-reaching renovations, most recently 1979–82; Early Romanesque style , Gothic tower , several peepholes that formerly led into the attached Klausen, in which ascetics, like the Wiborada, were walled in.
St. Wiborada Chapel	St. Mangen (Irer Vorstadt)		before 1456	1946	Built on the site of the Wiborada hermitage. At the Church of St. Mangen grown	1567 conversion to library 1774 demolition 1946 reconstruction
Kapuzinerinnenkloster Notkersegg	Notkersegg	Catholic	1381	1671/1718	First community attested in 1381 "on the Tann" (southeast of the current location), first altar in 1410, first chapel in 1453	Church consecrated in a new location in 1671, destroyed by fire in 1718, then rebuilt.
Former Dominican convent of St. Catherine	North of the market square	reformed since 1528	1228	1884	First monastery founded in 1228, since 1268 under the rule of Dominic . The monastery dissolved in 1528 with the Reformation, the sisters moved to Wil in 1607. Later the city's schoolhouse for a long time and the location of the Vadian library.	Former monastery church still exists, several major renovations in the 19th and 20th centuries. Today exhibition room on the ground floor, open access library on the first floor.
St. Leonhard's Church	West of the train station	reformed	17th century	1887	There is evidence of an older church from the 17th century	Built 1885–1887 by Ferdinand Wachter in neo-Gothic style . The church was last used for cultural purposes, in 2007 the attic burned down.
St. Fiden Church	St. Fiden	Catholic	1225	1778	First mentioned in 1225, thus originally Catholic, deprived of images during the Reformation, today Catholic again. The church was probably donated around 1100 in honor of the martyr Fides .	Today's church built by Johann Ferdinand Beer in 1777/78 , the tower was raised in 1874, the nave was extended in 1954/1955. Undivided baroque building with hipped roof, rich Rococo furnishings.
Chapel of St. Peter and Paul	Rotmonten		10th century?		Built in the 10th or 11th century, devastated by the iconoclasm during the Reformation, later restored, demolished in 1770 due to dilapidation
Heiligkreuz pilgrimage church	Heiligkreuz, Sonnenhaldenstrasse 2	Catholic	18th century	1773	A first cross may have been here since the 17th century. Protected with a roof since 1747, along with kneeling benches for the pilgrims. Since 1930 the parish church of Heiligkreuz-Rotmonten, replaced in 1950 by the Trinity Church, has been preserved as a pilgrimage church.	1771–1773 Construction of today's church, with an extension in 1776.
synagogue	Western suburb	Jewish community of St. Gallen		1880		Built 1880–81 by Chiodera & Tschudi in the Moorish-Byzantine architectural style on a square floor plan with a central dome and four corner domes. Inside completely decorated with paintings
Brother Klaus Church angles	Winkeln, Herisauerstrasse	Catholic		1959	Built in 1958/59 by Ernst Brantschen and Alfons Weisser	Modern building with prestressed concrete ceiling and free-standing tower
Trinity Church	Iddastrasse 31	Catholic		1950	Built 1949–1950 by Johannes Scheier, interior paintings by Walter Burger, glass paintings by Albert Schenker and August Wanner.	Inconspicuous, but bulky-looking church building with a wide tower.
Church of St. Peter and Paul Rotmonten	On the Rosenberg	Catholic		1969	Built 1967–69 by Oskar Müller & Mario Facincani	Modern, whitewashed exposed concrete, round interior. Window by Ferdinand Gehr.
Ref. Rotmonten Church	Berghaldenplatz	reformed		1966	Built 1965–66 by Heinrich Danzeisen & Hans Voser
Ref. Church Tablat	Heiligkreuz, Lettenstrasse 18	reformed		1913	Tablat's most important reformed church , built 1911–13 by Curjel & Moser.	Monumental rectangular building with hipped roof and tower with onion dome, vestibule in Doric style with four columns
Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen	St. Georgen	Catholic	9th century	1932	First chapel dedicated to Saint George from the 9th century, replaced in the 15th century by the so-called Wiborada parish church, today's church from 1932
St. Georgen	Demutstrasse 20	reformed
St. Martin Bruggen	Bruggen, Zürcherstrasse 253	Catholic	1600	1936	First chapel consecrated in 1600, first village church from 1672. Baroque new building in 1784 by Johann Ferdinand Beer , fitted with a new tower in 1808. Today's church built by Erwin Schenker in 1935/36, then the one from 1784 demolished.	Transversely positioned entrance hall, north-west tower and nave reminiscent of the Romanesque style, interior fittings by August Wanner, Johannes Hugentobler, Josef Büsser, Albert Schenker and Ferdinand Gehr
Linsebühl Church	Linsebühl, south of Rorschacherstrasse	reformed		1897	Built 1895–1897 by Armin Stöcklin on the site of an older church	German Renaissance style
St. Maria Neudorf	Neudorf	Catholic		1917	Built by Adolf Gaudy 1914-17, its most glamorous church complex.	Built based on Art Nouveau . Rich interior with paintings by Fritz Kunz and art glazing by Richard A. Nüscheler. Rosette in the west facade taken from the village church of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1914 .
Ref. Church of Bruggen	Bruggen, Zürcherstrasse 223	reformed		1906	Built 1903–1906 by Curjel & Moser	German Renaissance style
Ref. Parish Hall Grossacker	Grossacker, Claudiusstrasse 11	reformed		1954/1959	Built in 1954 and 1959 by Eric A. Steiger & Paul Trüdinger	Parish hall with a free-standing tower made of exposed concrete.
Chapel of St. Wolfgang	Haggen	Catholic	15th century	1647	Chapel from the 15th century, new building 1644–47, renovated in 1947.	Early baroque chapel with figures of Saints Wolfgang and Ulrich from 1647
Bildkapelle	Picture angles, Zürcherstrasse 436	Catholic	around 1204	1666	by 1209 the first shrine in memory of a battle on the wide field of 1208, 1666 by Prince Abbot Gallus Alt to today's Barbara chapel built in Baroque style	Baroque style chapel divided by Tuscan pilasters. Striking arcade vestibule, small turret with a single bell.
Maria Einsiedeln chapel	Nice way	Catholic	1680	1770	Field cross of unknown age replaced by a stone wayside shrine in 1680, replaced by today's chapel in 1770	Baroque chapel
Parish Church of St. Otmar	Vonwil	Catholic		1908	Built by August Hardegger 1905–1908	Three-aisled basilica with a transept and a striking tower on the west side, choir with three cones . The style is very reminiscent of a Gothic church.
Ref. Stephanshorn Church	Stephanshornstrasse 25	reformed
Halden Parity Church	Oberhaldenstrasse 25	ecumenical		November 1, 1986		The city's only officially ecumenical church was designed with this in mind.
Abdication hall in the east cemetery	East cemetery	catholic / reformed		1908	Built in 1908 by Alfred Cuttat, remodeled in 1967	Building with portico and round tower, glass windows by Ferdinand Gehr .
El Hidaje Mosque	Herisauerstrasse 52	Islamic			Inconspicuous building that received public attention when a man was shot dead during a Friday prayer in 2014.	Artistically designed prayer and community rooms in a former residential building
Jewish burial chapel	East cemetery	Jewish community		1912	Created in 1912 by Moll & Eberhard as a result of the abandonment of the older Jewish cemetery in Hagenbuch. Neo-Romanesque dome building
Abdication hall Feldli	Feldli cemetery	catholic / reformed		1876	shared prayer chapel at the abdication halls
New Apostolic Church	Dufourstrasse	New Apostolic		1957	Built in 1957 by Heinrich Graf	White plastered cube on a black base
Christ Church	Dufourstrasse 77	christ catholic		1890	built in 1890, sold to the Christian Catholic community in 1895.	Facing brick building with a central projectile and striking corner towers, reminiscent of Italian Renaissance villas.
Greek Orthodox Church of St. Constantine and St. Helena	Feldli cemetery	Greek Orthodox			The church is dedicated to Saints Constantine and Helena
Ref. Rectory Lachen	Laugh	reformed		1922	Built in 1921–22 by Ziegler & Balmer	Neoclassical style, supplemented in 1962 with a free-standing exposed concrete church tower
Ref. Rectory Winkeln	Kreuzbühlstrasse	reformed		1962	Built in 1962	Parish hall with a free-standing tower
Riethüsli-Hofstetten Church	Gerhardtstrasse 11	reformed
Riethüsli	Gerhardtstrasse	Catholic		October 31, 1987
First Church of Christ Scientist	Böcklinstrasse 2	Christian Science		1925	Built 1924–1925 by Ernst Kuhn	Neoclassical building with a gabled entrance hall
Missione Cattolica	Heimatstrasse 13	Catholic			Church of the Missione Cattolica for Italian-speaking Christians	The church patron is Anthony of Padua

Remarks

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the denomination refers to the current state
2. ↑ year of completion
3. ↑ Rebuilt, essentially unchanged since the 13th century.
4. ↑ St. Gallen mosque murder . St. Galler Tagblatt. October 31, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
5. ^ Layout of the cemetery

See also

• History of the city of St. Gallen as opposed to the contrast between the Catholic and Reformed parishes in the city

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• Karl Wegelin: The parish church of St. Laurenzen from its origins to our time - a documented contribution to illuminating the church and Reformation history of the city of St. Gallen , St. Gallen 1832, 128 pages, online.
• Ernst Ehrenzeller: History of the City of St. Gallen . VGS Verlagsgemeinschaft, St. Gallen 1988, ISBN 3-7291-1047-0
• Daniel Studer (Ed.): Art and Culture Guide Canton St. Gallen . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2005, ISBN 3-7995-0153-3