Abbey Library

The Abbey library of St Gall is a significant medieval monastic library located in , 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".
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  • Email: stibi@stibi.ch
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: monastery library in the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Abbey library of Saint Gall” and “Abbey library of St. Gallen”
  • Address: 6d, Klosterhof, St. Gallen, 9004
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abbey of Saint Gall and St. Gallen Cathedral.

Monastery
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The is a dissolved abbey in a Catholic religious complex in the city of in . The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot where Saint Gall had erected his hermitage. is situated 120 metres northeast of Abbey Library.

Church
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The Stiftskirche St. Gallus und Otmar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of , . Once part of the Abbey of St. Gall, it has been the cathedral of the Diocese of St.

Community center
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is a community center, which is situated 120 metres north of Abbey Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Georgen and Riethüsli.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km east of Abbey Library.

Abbey Library

Latitude
47.42275° or 47° 25′ 22″ north
Longitude
9.37646° or 9° 22′ 35″ east
Open location code
8FVFC9FG+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 131605934
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q689896
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Abbey Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة دير سانت غال”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Գալայի վանքի գրադարան”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Գալլի վանքի գրադարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Qall monastırı kitabxanası”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca de l’Abadia de Sankt Gallen”
  • Chinese: “修道院图书馆”
  • Chinese: “聖加侖修道院圖書館”
  • Czech: “Knihovna kláštera svatého Havla”
  • French: “Bibliothèque de l’abbaye de Saint-Gall”
  • German: “Klosterbibliothek St. Gallen”
  • German: “Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen”
  • German: “Stiftsbibliothek und Gewölbekeller”
  • German: “Stiftsbibliothek”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan St. Gallen Abbey”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca dell’Abbazia di San Gallo”
  • Italian: “Stiftsbibliothek Sankt Gallen”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka opactwa św. Galla”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka opactwa św. Gallena”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca da Abadia de São Galo”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Монастыря Санкт Галлена”
  • Russian: “Библиотека монастыря Святого Галла”
  • Serbian: “Библиотека манастира Светог Гела у Швајцарској”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de la Abadía de San Gall”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de la Abadía de San Galo”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de San Gallen”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca de San Galo”
  • Tatar: “Санкт Галлен аббатлыгы китапханәсе”
  • Tatar: “Санкт Галлен кәшишханәсе китапханәсе”
  • Thai: “หอสมุดแห่งซงกัลเลน”
  • Ukrainian: “бібліотека монастиря Святого Галла”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека монастиря святого Галла”

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