Kloster Notkersegg

Kloster Notkersegg is a monastery in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen. Kloster Notkersegg is situated nearby to St. Gallen Notkersegg railway station, as well as near the suburb St. Georgen.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Gallen Notkersegg railway station and Abbey of Saint Gall.

St. Gallen Notkersegg railway station

Railway station

St. Gallen Notkersegg station is a railway station in the Notkersegg quarter of the city of St. Gallen, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is located along Speicherstrasse on the 1,000 mm Appenzell–St. St. Gallen Notkersegg railway station is situated 290 metres east of Kloster Notkersegg.

Abbey of Saint Gall

Monastery

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

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. Abbey of Saint Gall is situated 1½ km west of Kloster Notkersegg.

Abbey Library

Museum

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The Abbey library of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. In 1983, the library, as well as the Abbey of St Gall, were designated a World Heritage Site, as "an outstanding example of a large Carolingian monastery and was, since the 8th century until its secularisation in 1805, one of the most important cultural centres in Europe". Abbey Library is situated 2 km west of Kloster Notkersegg.