Abbey of Saint Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage.
- Monastery
- …lies at an elevation of 686 metres (2,251 feet)
- …is also known as “Stift St. Gallen”
- Description: abolished monastery and collegiate district with cathedral in the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Gallen Cathedral and Stadthaus.
Stadthaus
Community center
Stadthaus is a community center, which is situated 100 metres west of Abbey of Saint Gall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Georgen and Riethüsli.
Notkersegg
Suburb
Notkersegg is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km east of Abbey of Saint Gall.
Abbey of Saint Gall
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Latitude
47.42353° or 47° 25′ 25″ north
Longitude
9.3775° or 9° 22′ 39″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Abbey of Saint Gall” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير سانت غال”
- Armenian: “Սուրբ Գալլուսի աբբայություն”
- Basque: “San Galoren abadia”
- Belarusian: “Абацтва Святога Гала”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট গলের অ্যাবে”
- Bulgarian: “Абатство Санкт Гален”
- Bulgarian: “Санкт Гален”
- Burmese: “စိန့်ဂေါ အဲဘီး ဘုန်းကြီးကျောင်း”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Sankt Gallen”
- Catalan: “Abadia de Sant Gal”
- Catalan: “Convent de Sankt Gallen”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Saint Gal”
- Chinese: “圣加仑修道院”
- Chinese: “圣加尔修道院”
- Chinese: “聖加侖修道院”
- Croatian: “Kneževska opatija St. Gallen”
- Czech: “Fürstabtei Sankt Gallen”
- Czech: “Klášter St. Gallen”
- Czech: “Klášter svatého Havla”
- Dutch: “Abdij Sankt Gallen”
- Dutch: “Abdij van Sankt Gallen”
- Dutch: “Vorstabdij Sankt Gallen”
- Esperanto: “Kloster St. Gallen”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo de Sankt-Galo”
- Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Sankt-Galo”
- Esperanto: “Princabatejo Sankt-Galo”
- Estonian: “Sankt Galleni abtkond”
- Finnish: “St. Gallenin luostari”
- French: “Abbaye de Saint Gall”
- French: “abbaye de Saint-Gall”
- French: “Abbaye de Saint-Gall”
- French: “Couvent De Saint-Gall”
- Georgian: “სანქტ-გალენის სააბატო”
- Georgian: “სენ-გალის სააბატო”
- Georgian: “წმინდა გალის სააბატო”
- German: “Abtei Sankt Gallen”
- German: “Abtei St. Gallen”
- German: “Fürstabtei Sankt Gallen”
- German: “Fürstabtei St. Gallen”
- German: “Kloster St. Gallen”
- Hebrew: “מנזר סנט גאלן”
- Hebrew: “מנזר סנט גלן”
- Hebrew: “מנזר סנקט גאלן”
- Hindi: “सेंट गैल एबी”
- Hindi: “सेंट गैल का मठ”
- Hungarian: “Sankt Gallen-i kolostor”
- Indonesian: “Biara Sankt Gallen”
- Italian: “Abbazia di San Gallo”
- Italian: “Monastero di San Gallo”
- Japanese: “ザンクト・ガレンの修道院”
- Japanese: “ザンクト・ガレン修道院”
- Korean: “성 갈 수도원”
- Korean: “장크트갈렌 수도원”
- Latin: “Monasterium Principale Sancti Galli”
- Latin: “Monasterium Sangallense”
- Latvian: “Sanktgallenes abatija”
- Latvian: “Sanktgallenes klosteris”
- Lithuanian: “Sankt Galeno vienuolynas”
- Lithuanian: “Šv. Galo vienuolynas”
- Maltese: “Abbazija ta‘ Sankt Gallen”
- Maltese: “Abbazija ta’ Sankt Gallen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrstabbediet Sankt Gallen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrstabbediet St. Gallen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrsteabbediet Sankt Gallen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fyrsteabbediet St. Gallen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Gallen abbedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Gallen fyrstabbedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Gallen fyrsteabbedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Gallen kloster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Gallen abbedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Gallen fyrstabbedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Gallen fyrsteabbedi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Gallen kloster”
- Norwegian: “Fyrsteabbediet St. Gallen”
- Persian: “دیر سنت گال”
- Persian: “صومعه سنت گالن”
- Polish: “Opactwo Sankt Gallen”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Saint Gall”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de São Galo”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de St. Gall”
- Portuguese: “Convento de Saint Gall”
- Portuguese: “Convento de são galo”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de São Galo”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de St. Gall”
- Romanian: “Abaţia sankt gallen”
- Romanian: “Abația Sankt Gallen”
- Romanian: “Abaţia Sfântul Gall”
- Romanian: “Abația Sfântul Gall”
- Russian: “Аббатство Сен-Галл”
- Russian: “Монастырь Святого Галла”
- Russian: “Санкт-Галлен”
- Russian: “Санкт-Галленский монастырь”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kneževska opatija St. Gallen”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija Sankt Gallen”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija St. Gallen”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija sv. Galla”
- Slovak: “Opátstvo svätého Havla”
- Slovenian: “Opatija Sankt Gallen”
- Slovenian: “samostan Sankt Gallen”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Saint Gall”
- Spanish: “abadía de San Gall”
- Spanish: “Abadía de San Gall”
- Spanish: “Abadia de san galo”
- Spanish: “abadía de San Galo”
- Spanish: “Abadía de San Galo”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Saint Gall”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Galo”
- Swedish: “Abbotsdömet Sankt Gallen”
- Swedish: “Furstabbotsdömet Sankt Gallen”
- Swedish: “Klostret i Sankt Gallen”
- Swedish: “Sankt Gallens kloster”
- Swiss German: “Förstabtai Sanggale”
- Swiss German: “Fürstabtei St. Gallen”
- Swiss German: “Kloster St. Gallen”
- Thai: “มหาวิหารซงกัลเลน”
- Turkish: “Aziz Gall Manastırı”
- Ukrainian: “Абатство святого Галла”
- Ukrainian: “Абатство Святого Галла”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир святого Галла”
- Ukrainian: “Санкт-Галленський монастир”
- Vietnamese: “Tu viện Thánh Gall”
- Welsh: “Abaty Sant Gall”
- Welsh: “Abaty Sant Gallen”
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