List of Christian monasteries in Switzerland

This is a list of Christian religious houses in Switzerland for either men or women, whether in operation or not.[1]

A
  • All Saints Abbey (Kloster Allerheiligen) (dissolved), at Schaffhausen: Benedictine monks (1049/50-1529)
  • Au Abbey (Kloster in der Au) (dissolved), at Trachslau near Einsiedeln (Schwyz): Benedictine nuns (1713–32)
  • Ayent Priory (Prieuré d'Ayent, Prieuré de Saint-Romain) (dissolved), at Ayent (Valais): Benedictine monks (before 1107-1620)

B
  • Baulmes Priory (Prieuré de Baulmes, Prieuré Saint-Marie, Prieuré Notre-Dame et Saint-Michel) (dissolved) at Baulmes (Vaud): Rule of St. Columbanus, later Benedictine monks (652-before 1123); Cluniacs (before 1123-1536/37)[2]
  • Beerenberg Abbey or Mariazell Abbey (Kloster Mariazell am Beerenberg) (dissolved), at Wülflingen (Winterthur): hermitage (1318-1355); Franciscan friars (1355–65); Augustinian Canons (1365-1527/28)
  • Beinwil Abbey (Kloster Beinwil) (dissolved),[3] at Beinwil (Solothurn): Benedictine monks (1085-1554)
  • Bellelay Abbey (Abbaye de Bellelay) (dissolved), at Bellelay (Berne): Premonstratensians (1136-1797)
  • Bellerive Abbey (Abbaye de Bellerive) (dissolved), at Collonge-Bellerive (Geneva): Cistercian nuns (1150-c.1542)
  • Bellevaux Abbey (Abbaye de Bellevaux) (dissolved), at Lausanne (Vaud): Cistercian nuns (founded 1267/68; Cistercian from 1274x1293-1536)
  • Bellinzona (Ticino):
    • Collegiate church (founded before 1168; extant)
    • Augustinian Canons (1444/45-1811/12)
    • Santa Maria della Grazie: Franciscan friars (1481x83-1848)
    • Jesuits (1646-1675)
    • Benedictine priory: monks (1675-1852)
    • Ursuline nuns (1730-1848)
  • Benken Abbey (Kloster Benken) (dissolved), at Benken (St. Gallen): monks of unknown order, possibly Benedictine (before 741-mid/late 9th century)
  • Berlai Priory or Mont-Berlai Priory (Prieuré de Berlai, Prieuré Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Berlai) (dissolved), at Avenches (Vaud): Benedictine monks (founded before 1134; deserted by 1216)
  • Blonay Priory (Prieuré de Blonay) (dissolved), at Blonay (Vaud):[4] Benedictine monks (before 1210-1536)
  • Bollingen Priory (Kloster Bollingen) (dissolved), at Bollingen (St. Gallen): Cistercian nuns, later Premonstratensian nuns (founded shortly after 1229; dissolved 1267)[5]
  • Bonmont Abbey (Abbaye de Bonmont) (dissolved), at Chéserex (Vaud): Cistercian monks (1110x20-1536)
  • Bremgarten (Aargau):
    • Capuchin friary, Bremgarten (dissolved): Capuchins (1617-1841)
    • St. Clare's Priory, Bremgarten (Frauenkloster St. Klara) (dissolved): Beguines (before 1406); Franciscan Tertiaries (1406-1798)
  • Broc Priory (Prieuré de Broc) (dissolved), at Broc (Fribourg): Benedictine monks (before 1228-1577)[6]
  • Bubikon Commandery (Kommende Bubikon) (dissolved), at Bubikon (Zürich): Knights Hospitallers (1184x1198-1789)
  • Burier Priory (Prieuré de Burier) (dissolved), at Montreux (Vaud): Benedictine monks (before 1163-1536)

C
  • Cappel, see Kappel
  • Cazis Priory, formerly Cazis Abbey, at Cazis (Graubünden): nuns, rule the (late 7th or early 8th century-1156); Augustinian canonesses (1156-c.1565/70); Dominican nuns (from 1647; extant)
  • Claro Abbey (Santa Maria Assunta di Claro), at Claro (Ticino): Benedictine nuns (founded 1490; extant)
  • Churwalden Abbey at Churwalden (Graubünden): Premonstratensian monks (founded around 1150; dissolved 1803/07)
  • Collombey Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Joseph d'Arbignon), at Collombey-Muraz (Valais): Reformed Bernardine nuns (founded here[7] 1647; extant)
  • Cossonay Priory (Prieuré de Cossonay) (dissolved), at Cossonay (Vaud): Benedictine monks (first half of the 11th century-1672)[6]

D

E
  • Ebersecken Abbey, later Priory (Kloster Ebersecken; Luther Thal) at Willisau (Lucerne): Cistercian nuns (1274/75-1588x1594)
  • Einsiedeln Abbey (Kloster Einsiedeln) at Einsiedeln (Schwyz): Benedictine monks (founded c 900; extant)
  • Engelberg Abbey (Kloster Engelberg) at Engelberg (Obwalden): Benedictine monks (founded 1120; extant)
(originally a double monastery; see Sarnen for the nunnery formerly part of Engelberg)
  • Engental Priory (Kloster Engental) at Muttenz (Basel-Land): Cistercian nuns (before 1450-1534)[9]
  • Erlach Abbey, also known as St. Johannsen Abbey (Kloster Erlach or Abtei St. Johannsen; dedicated to Saint John the Baptist) (dissolved), at Gals (Berne): Benedictine monks (1093x1103-1528)
  • Eschenbach Abbey or Priory (Kloster Eschenbach), at Eschenbach (Lucerne): Augustinian canonesses (1292/1309-1588); Cistercian nuns (from 1588; extant)

F

G
  • Genolier Priory (dissolved) at Genolier (Vaud): Benedictine monks
  • Géronde Charterhouse (dissolved) at Sierre (Valais): Carthusians
  • Glattburg Abbey aka St. Gallenberg Abbey at Oberbüren (St. Gallen): Benedictine nuns
  • Gnadenthal Abbey (dissolved) at Niederwil (Aargau): Cistercian nuns
  • Gottstatt Abbey (dissolved) at Orpund (Berne): Premonstratensians
  • Community of Grandchamp at Boudry (Neuchâtel): Protestants
  • Grandgourt Abbey at Grandgourt (Jura): Premonstratensians
  • Great St. Bernard Hospice on the Great St Bernard Pass: Augustinian Canons
  • Gubel, see Maria Hilf

H

I

J
  • Jonschwil Abbey or Priory (dissolved) at Jonschwil (St. Gall): Benedictine monks

K
  • Kalchrain Priory or Abbey (dissolved[10]) at Hüttwilen (Thurgau): Cistercian nuns
  • Kappel Abbey (sometimes Cappel Abbey) (dissolved) at Kappel am Albis (Zurich): Cistercian monks
  • Kleinlützel Priory (dissolved) at Kleinlützel (Solothurn): women religious, possibly Cistercian nuns; Augustinian Canons; Augustinian Canonesses
  • Klingental Priory (dissolved) in Basle: Dominican friars
  • Klingenzell Priory (dissolved) at Mammern (Thurgau): Benedictine monks
  • Klingnau Commandery (dissolved) at Klingnau (Aargau): Knights Hospitallers
  • Königsfelden Abbey (dissolved) at Windisch (Aargau): Franciscans and Poor Clares
  • Kreuzlingen Abbey (dissolved) at Kreuzlingen: Augustinian Canons
  • Küsnacht Priory or Commandery (Johanniterhaus Küsnacht) (dissolved) at Küsnacht (Zürich): Knights Hospitallers (1373-1531)

L
  • La Lance Charterhouse (dissolved) at Concise, (Vaud): Carthusians
  • Lac de Joux Abbey at L'Abbaye (Vaud): Premonstratensians
  • Le Lieu (Vaud): monastery of unknown rule, possibly a hermitage
  • Lucerne:
    • Lucerne Abbey: Benedictine monks
    • Franciscan friary, Lucerne
  • Lully Priory (dissolved) at Bernex (Geneva): Benedictine monks
  • Lutry Priory (dissolved) at Lutry (Vaud): Benedictine monks
  • Lützelau Abbey or Priory (dissolved) on Lützelau island, Freienbach (Schwyz): nuns, order unknown[11]

M

N
  • Nyon Abbey or Priory at Nyon (Vaud): Benedictine monks

O

P
  • Paradise Priory (Kloster Paradies) (dissolved) at Schlatt (Thurgau): Poor Clares
  • La Part-Dieu Charterhouse (dissolved) at Gruyères or La Tour-de-Trême (Fribourg): Carthusians
  • Perroy Priory (dissolved) at Perroy (Vaud): Benedictine monks
  • Peterlingen Priory (dissolved) at Payerne (Vaud): Cluniacs
  • Pfäfers Abbey (dissolved) at Pfäfers (St. Gallen): Benedictine monks
  • Posat Priory or Abbey at Posat (Fribourg): Trappist monks
  • Predigerkloster (dissolved) at Neumarkt, Zürich: Dominican monks


R

S
  • St. Agnes' Abbey at Schaffhausen: Benedictine nuns
  • St. Alban's Abbey, later St. Alban's Priory, (dissolved) in Basle: Benedictines, later Cluniacs
  • St. Andrew's Abbey, Sarnen, see Sarnen
  • St. Benedict's Abbey, Port-Valais, at Le Bouveret (Valais): Benedictines
  • St. Bernard Hospice, see Great St Bernard Hospice
  • St. Blaise's Priory (dissolved) at Basle: Benedictine monks
  • St. Blaise's Priory, Stampfenbach (St. Blasianer Propstei Stampfenbach), Stampfenbach in Zurich: Benedictine monks
  • St. Christopher's Abbey or Priory (dissolved) near Aclens (Vaud): Benedictine monks
  • St. Gall's Abbey (dissolved) at St. Gallen: Benedictine monks
  • St. Gallenberg Abbey, see Glattburg Abbey
  • St. George's Abbey, Stein am Rhein, (dissolved) at Stein am Rhein (Schaffhausen): Benedictine monks
  • St. Imier's Abbey (dissolved) at St. Imier (Berne): Benedictine monks, later men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)
  • St. Jacob's Abbey im Prättigau at Klosters (Graubünden): Premonstratensians
  • St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal (dissolved) at Alt St. Johann, later Nesslau (St. Gallen): Benedictine monks
  • St. John's Abbey, Geneva, (dissolved) at Geneva: Benedictine monks
  • St. John's Abbey, Müstair, (dissolved) at Müstair (Graubünden): Benedictine nuns
  • St. Margaretenthal Charterhouse (dissolved) in Basle: Carthusians
  • St. Martin's Abbey, Fluntern (dissolved) Fluntern, Zürich: Augustinian Canons (1127-1525)
  • St. Maurice's Abbey at Saint-Maurice (Valais): Augustinian Canons
  • St. Otmarsberg Abbey, also known as Uznach Abbey, at Uznach (St. Gallen): Missionary Benedictines
  • St. Peter's Island (dissolved) small priory near Erlach (Bern): Cluniac monks
  • St. Peterzell Priory (dissolved) at St. Peterzell (St. Gallen): Benedictine monks
  • Saint-Pierre-de-Clages Priory at Saint-Pierre-de-Clages, Chamoson (Valais): Benedictine monks (12th century to 1580); Trappist monks (1793-96)
  • Saint-Pierre du Mont-Joux Hospice (dissolved) at Bourg-St-Pierre (Valais): unknown[14]
  • St. Sulpice's Priory at Saint-Sulpice (Vaud): Benedictine or Cluniac monks
  • St. Urban's Abbey (dissolved) at Sankt Urban or Pfaffnau (Lucerne): Cistercian monks
  • St. Ursanne's Abbey (dissolved) at Saint-Ursanne (Jura): Rule of St. Columbanus, later Benedictine monks, later a college of secular canons
  • St. Wiborada's Priory (dissolved) at St. Georgen in St. Gallen: Benedictine nuns
  • Sarnen Abbey, St. Andrew's Abbey, Sarnen, or Engelberg-Sarnen, formerly the nunnery of the double monastery at Engelberg, (extant) at Sarnen (Obwalden): Benedictine nuns
  • Schänis Abbey (dissolved) at Schänis (St. Gallen): women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift)
  • Schönenwerd Priory (dissolved) at Schönenwerd (Solothurn): unknown rule; later a men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)
  • Schönthal Abbey, Basle, (dissolved) in Langenbruck (Basle): Benedictine nuns
  • Selnau Priory or Abbey in Zurich: Cistercian nuns
  • Sembrancher Abbey at Vollèges (Valais): Trappist monks and nuns
  • Sion Priory or Abbey near Klingnau (Aargau): Benedictine monks
  • Simplon Hospice on the Simplon Pass: Augustinian Canons

T

U
  • Uznach Abbey, see St. Otmarsberg Abbey

V
  • Val de la Paix Charterhouse (dissolved) at Chandossel or Villarepos (Fribourg): Carthusians
  • La Valsainte Charterhouse at Cerniat (Fribourg): Carthusians, later Trappists
  • Vautravers Priory (dissolved) at Môtiers (Neuchâtel): Benedictine monks
  • Vermes Priory (dissolved) at Vermes (Jura): unknown
  • Villarvolard Abbey or Priory (Fribourg): Trappist nuns
  • La Voix-Dieu Abbey or Priory at Plasselb (Fribourg): Cistercian nuns

W
  • Wagenhausen Priory (dissolved) at Wagenhausen (Thurgau): Benedictine monks
  • Wangen Abbey or Priory (dissolved) at Wangen an der Aare (Berne): Benedictine monks
  • Weesen Nunnery at Weesen (St. Gallen): Dominican nuns[15]
  • Werd Friary, formerly Werd Abbey, at Eschenz (Thurgau): Franciscans, formerly Benedictines
  • Wettingen Abbey at Wettingen (Aargau): Cistercian monks[16]
  • Widlisbach Abbey or Priory at Rüttenen (Solothurn): Trappist monks
  • Wislikofen Priory (dissolved) at Wislikofen (Aargau): Benedictine monks
  • Wonnenstein Friary at Teufen (Appenzell-Ausserrhoden): Capuchin friars
  • Wurmsbach Abbey at Bollingen (St. Gallen): Cistercian nuns

Z
  • Zürich:
    • Zürich Abbey or Priory: Benedictine nuns
    • Carmelite friary (Barfüsserkloster): Discalced Carmelites
    • Augustinerkloster Zürich: Augstinian monks (dissolved during the Reformation in Zürich)
    • Predigerkloster Zürich: Dominican monks (dissolved during the Reformation)
    • see also:
      • Fraumünster
      • Küsnacht Commandery
      • Oetenbach Nunnery (dissolved during the Reformation)
      • St. Blaise's Priory, Stampfenbach
      • St. Martin's Abbey, Fluntern
  • Zurzach Abbey (dissolved) at Zurzach (Aaargau): men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)

Notes
  1. Despite their names, the Abbaye des Écharpes Blanches Archived 2008-01-17 at the Wayback Machine at Montreux and the Abbaye d'Echallens are not religious houses but very long-established shooting associations, founded for self-defence purposes
  2. as a subordinate priory of Payerne
  3. later re-established at Mariastein Abbey and sometimes known as Beinwil-Mariastein Abbey
  4. the priory church was located in the neighbouring village of Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz, which also belonged to the lords of Blonay
  5. united with Wurmsbach
  6. dependant on Lutry
  7. previously at Saint-Maurice and Monthey
  8. the traditional date was 614, but archaeological investigation does not corroborate this
  9. apparently a re-foundation of a 13th century monastery
  10. re-established as part of Mariastern-Gwiggen in Austria
  11. possibly under the Rule of Caesarius of Arles
  12. the community was relocated at the old Priory of Gries in the South Tyrol (formerly Austria, now Italy) and is now known as Muri-Gries
  13. re-established at Thyrnau Abbey or Rathausen-Thyrnau in Bavaria
  14. the other hospices were run by Augustinian Canons
  15. "Geschichte" (in German). Dominikanerinnenkloster Maria Zuflucht. Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  16. the community is now based at Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey in Austria

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