HSG Skriptekommission

HSG Skriptekommission is a bookstore in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen which is located on Varnbüelstrasse. HSG Skriptekommission is situated nearby to the fountain Kiss for Bruce, as well as near Brunnenbaum.

Email: info@myskk.ch
Type: Bookstore
Also known as: “SKK”
Address: Varnbüelstrasse 19, St. Gallen, 9000
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey of Saint Gall and Abbey Library.

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 1 km south of HSG Skriptekommission.

Abbey Library

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 1 km south of HSG Skriptekommission.

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen

Museum

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, is a Swiss art museum founded in 1877 and located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The museum holds a collection of paintings and sculptures spanning the late Middle Ages to the present. Kunstmuseum St. Gallen is situated 750 metres southeast of HSG Skriptekommission.