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List of Christian monasteries in Switzerland

This is a list of current and former Christian religious houses in Switzerland for either men or women.

A

  • All Saints Abbey (Kloster Allerheiligen) (dissolved), at Schaffhausen: Benedictine monks (1049/50-1529)
  • Au Abbey (Kloster Au or Kloster in der Au), at Trachslau near Einsiedeln (Schwyz): initially 4 independent women's communities first documented in 1359; became a single community in Vordere Au c.1530; became Benedictine nuns in 1617 under Einsiedeln Abbey; raised to the status of abbey in 1984; extant
  • 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)
  • 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), at Beinwil (Solothurn): Benedictine monks (1085-1554)
  • Bellelay Abbey (Abbaye de Bellelay) (dissolved), at Bellelay (Bern): 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): 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)
  • 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)
  • 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, at Cazis (Grisons): canonesses or nuns (late 7th or early 8th century-1156); Augustinian canonesses (1156-1570); Dominican nuns (from 1647; extant)
  • Claro Abbey (Santa Maria Assunta di Claro), at Claro (Ticino): Benedictine nuns (founded 1490; extant)
  • Churwalden Abbey at Churwalden (Grisons): Premonstratensian monks (founded around 1150; dissolved 1803/07)
  • Collombey Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Joseph d'Arbignon), at Collombey-Muraz (Valais): Reformed Bernardine nuns (founded here 1647; extant)
  • Cossonay Priory (Prieuré de Cossonay) (dissolved), at Cossonay (Vaud): Benedictine monks (first half of the 11th century-1672)

D

E

  • Ebersecken Abbey, later Priory (Kloster Ebersecken; Luther Thal) at Willisau (Lucerne): Cistercian nuns (1274/75-1588x1594)
(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)
  • Erlach Abbey, also known as St. Johannsen Abbey (Kloster Erlach or Abtei St. Johannsen; dedicated to Saint John the Baptist) (dissolved), at Gals (Bern): Benedictine monks (1093x1103-1528)
  • Eschenbach Abbey (Kloster Eschenbach), at Eschenbach (Lucerne): Augustinian nuns (1292/1309-1588); Cistercian nuns (from 1588; extant)

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

  • Posat Priory or Abbey at Posat (Fribourg): Trappist monks
  • Predigerkloster, Neumarkt: see Zürich

R

S

T

  • Tobel Priory or Commandery (Johanniterkommende Tobel) (dissolved), Tobel-Tägerschen (Thurgau): Knights Hospitallers (1228–1809)
  • Trub Abbey (dissolved) at Trub (Bern): Benedictines

U

  • Uznach Abbey, see St. Otmarsberg Abbey

V

W

Z

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