List of Christian religious houses in Switzerland

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

Contents
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• All Saints' Abbey, Schaffhausen (dissolved) at Schaffhausen: Benedictine monks
• Au Abbey (Kloster in der Au) at Trachslau near Einsiedeln (Schwyz): Benedictine nuns
• Ayent Priory (dissolved) at Ayent (Valais): Benedictine monks

[edit] B

• Baulmes Abbey, later Baulmes Priory, (dissolved) at Baulmes (Vaud): Rule of St. Columbanus, later Benedictine monks, later Cluniacs
• Beinwil Abbey (dissolved)^[2] at Beinwil (Solothurn): Benedictine monks
• Bellelay Abbey (dissolved) at Bellelay (Berne): Premonstratensians
• Bellerive Abbey (dissolved) at Collonge-Bellerive (Geneva): Cistercian nuns
• Bellevaux Abbey (dissolved) at Lausanne (Vaud): Cistercian nuns
• Benken Abbey (dissolved) at Benken (St. Gallen): unknown, prob. Benedictine monks
• Berlai Priory (dissolved) at Avenches (Vaud): Benedictine monks
• Blonay Priory at Blonay (Vaud)^[3]: Benedictine monks
• Bollingen Priory at Bollingen (St. Gallen): Premonstratensian nuns
• Bonmont Abbey (dissolved) at Chéserex (Vaud): Cistercian monks
• Bremgarten Friary (dissolved) at Bremgarten (Aargau): Capuchins
• Broc Priory (dissolved) in Broc (Fribourg): Benedictine monks
• Bubikon Commandery (dissolved) at Bubikon (Zürich): Knights Hospitallers
• Burier Priory (dissolved) at Montreux (Vaud): Benedictine monks

[edit] C

• Cappel, see Kappel
• Cazis Priory, formerly Cazis Abbey, at Cazis (Graubünden): Dominicans; previously Augustinians
• Collombey Abbey at Collombey (Valais): Reformed Bernhardine nuns
• Cossonay Priory (dissolved) at Cossonay (Vaud): Benedictine monks

[edit] D

• Disentis Abbey at Disentis/Mustér (Graubünden): Benedictine monks

[edit] E

• Ebersecken Abbey at Willisau (Lucerne): Cistercian nuns
• Einsiedeln Abbey at Einsiedeln (Schwyz): Benedictine monks
• Engelberg Abbey at Engelberg (Obwalden): Benedictine monks

  see Sarnen for the nunnery formerly part of Engelberg, originally a double monastery

• Engental Priory at Muttenz (Basel-Land): Cistercian nuns
• Erlach Abbey, also known as St. Johannsen, (dissolved) at Gals (Berne): Benedictine monks
• Eschenbach Abbey or Priory at Eschenbach (Lucerne): Cistercian nuns

[edit] F

• Fahr Abbey at Unterengstringen (Zurich) / Würenlos (Aargau): Benedictine nuns
• Feldbach Abbey or Priory (dissolved^[4]) at Steckbach (Thurgau): Cistercian nuns
• La Fille-Dieu Abbey at Romont (Fribourg): Cistercian nuns; Trappists
• Fischingen Priory, formerly Fischingen Abbey, at Fischingen (Thurgau): Benedictine monks
• Fontaine-André Abbey at Neuchâtel: Premonstratensians
• Fraubrunnen Abbey (dissolved) at Fraubrunnen (Berne): Cistercian nuns
• Frauenthal Abbey at Cham (Zug): Cistercian nuns
• Fraumünster (dissolved) in Zürich: Benedictine nuns
• Frienisberg Abbey (dissolved) at Seedorf (Berne): Cistercian monks

[edit] 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

[edit] H

• Haut-Crêt Abbey (dissolved) at Les Tavernes (Vaud): Cistercian monks
• Hauterive Abbey at Posieux (Fribourg): Cistercian monks
• Hermetschwil Abbey at Hermetschwil-Staffeln (Aargau): Benedictine nuns
• Herzogenbuchsee Priory (dissolved) at Herzogenbuchsee (Berne): Benedictine monks
• Humilimont Abbey at Vuippens-Marsens (Fribourg): Premonstratensians

[edit] I

• Illens Priory or Abbey at Rossens (Fribourg): Trappist monks
• In der Au, see Au Abbey
• Interlaken Abbey (dissolved) at Interlaken (Berne): Augustinian Canons
• Ittingen Charterhouse at Warth (Thurgau): Carthusians

[edit] J

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

[edit] K

• Kalchrain Priory or Abbey (dissolved^[4]) at Hüttwilen (Thurgau): Cistercian nuns
• Kappel Abbey (sometimes Cappel Abbey) (dissolved) at Kappel am Albis (Zurich): Cistercian monks
• Kleinlützel Abbey at Kleinlützel (Solothurn): Augustinians; Cistercian nuns
• 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

[edit] 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
• 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^[5]

[edit] M

• Magdenau Abbey at Wolfertswil, Degersheim (St. Gallen): Cistercian nuns
• La Maigrauge Abbey / Magerau Abbey (Fribourg): Cistercian nuns
• Maria Hilf, on the Gubel, Menzingen (Zug): Capuchin Sisters
• Maria-Rickenbach at Niederrickenbach (Nidwalden): Benedictine nuns
• Mariastein Abbey, also known as Beinwil-Mariastein Abbey, at Metzerlen-Mariastein (Solothurn): Benedictine monks
• Mariazell-Wurmsbach Abbey, see Wurmsbach
• Melchtal Abbey at Kerns (Obwalden): Benedictine nuns
• Mistail Abbey (dissolved) at Alvaschein (Graubünden): Benedictine nuns
• Mount Zion Abbey (Stift Berg Sion) at Gommiswald (St. Gallen): Premonstratensian nuns
• Moutier-Grandval Abbey (dissolved) in Moutier (Berne): Benedictine monks
• Montheron Abbey (dissolved) at Montheron in Froideville near Lausanne (Vaud): Cistercian monks
• Münchenbuchsee Commmandery (dissolved) at Münchenbuchsee (Berne): Knights Hospitallers
• Münchenwiler Priory (dissolved) at Schloss Münchenwiler (Berne): Cluniacs
• Münsterlingen at Landschlacht (Thurgau): Benedictine nuns
• Muri Abbey at Muri (Aargau) (dissolved): Benedictine monks^[6]

[edit] N

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

[edit] O

• Olsberg Abbey (dissolved) at Olsberg (Aargau): Cistercian nuns
• Oujon Charterhouse (dissolved) at Arzier (Vaud): Carthusians

[edit] P

• Paradise Convent (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

[edit] R

• Rathausen Abbey or Priory (dissolved^[7]) at Ebikon (Lucerne): Cistercian nuns
• Rheinau Abbey (dissolved) at Rheinau (Zurich): Benedictines
• Romainmôtier Abbey (dissolved) at Romainmôtier-Envy (Vaud): Premonstratensian canons
• Rüeggisberg Priory (dissolved) at Rüeggisberg (Berne): Cluniacs
• Rüegsau Abbey (dissolved) at Rüegsau (Berne): Benedictine nuns
• Rueyres Priory at Chardonne (Vaud): Premonstratensian nuns
• Rüti Abbey (dissolved) at Rüti (Zürich): Premonstratensians

[edit] 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. 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. Maurice's Abbey at Saint-Maurice (Valais): Augustinian Canons
• St. Otmarsberg Abbey, also known as Uznach Abbey, at Uznach (St. Gallen): Missionary Benedictines
• St. Peterzell Priory (dissolved) at St. Peterzell (St. Gallen): Benedictine monks
• St. Pierre de Clages Abbey or Priory at Chamoson (Valais): Benedictine monks; Trappist monks
• Saint-Pierre du Mont-Joux Hospice (dissolved) at Bourg-St-Pierre (Valais): unknown^[8]
• 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

[edit] T

• Tänikon Abbey (dissolved^[4]) at Aadorf (Aargau): Cistercian nuns
• Tedlingen Priory or Abbey at Radelfingen (Berne): Cistercian nuns
• Thorberg Charterhouse (dissolved) at Schloss Thorberg, Krauchthal (Berne): Carthusians
• Trub Abbey (dissolved) at Trub (Berne): Benedictines

[edit] U

• Uznach Abbey, see St. Otmarsberg Abbey

[edit] 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

[edit] W

• Wagenhausen Priory (dissolved) at Wagenhausen (Thurgau): Benedictine monks
• Wangen Abbey or Priory (dissolved) at Wangen an der Aare (Berne): Benedictine monks
• Werd Friary, formerly Werd Abbey, at Eschenz (Thurgau): Franciscans, formerly Benedictines
• Wettingen Abbey at Wettingen (Aargau): Cistercian monks^[9]
• 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

[edit] Z

• Zurzach Abbey (dissolved) at Zurzach (Aaargau): men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)

[edit] Notes

[edit] Sources

• Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (German), (French), (Italian)
• Helvetia Sacra (German), (French)