St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal

St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal was a Benedictine monastery originally established in Alt St. Johann in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, in the mid-12th century.

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Type: Church
Description: monastery in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Also known as: “Provostry, former Benedictine monastery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Evangelische Kirche Alt St. Johann and Thur waterfalls.

Evangelische Kirche Alt St. Johann

Church

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Evangelische Kirche Alt St. Johann is a church.

Thur waterfalls

Waterfall

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The Thur waterfalls are two cascades located on the upper part of the river Thur, approximately ten minutes walking distance from the village square of Unterwasser in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Thur waterfalls is situated 2 km northeast of St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal.

Gräppelensee

Lake

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Gräppelensee is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alt St. Johann and Unterwasser.

Alt St. Johann

Village

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Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Unterwasser

Village

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Unterwasser is a village in the Toggenburg region of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, situated at the confluence of the two streams forming the upper Thur.

Stein

Village

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Stein is a former municipality in the Wahlkreis of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The municipalities of Nesslau-Krummenau and Stein merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Nesslau. Stein is situated 4½ km west of St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal.

St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal

Categories: monastery, provosty, religious community, building, and religion
Location: Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.19452° or 47° 11′ 40″ north

Longitude

9.28533° or 9° 17′ 7″ east

Open location code

8FVF57VP+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 222237893

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

Wikidata ID

Q1725968

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“St. John’s Abbey in the Thurtal” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Abdij Sankt Johann im Thurtal”
German: “ehemalige Benediktinerkloster”
German: “Kloster St. Johann”
German: “Propstei, ehemaliges Benediktinerkloster”
German: “Propstei”
Spanish: “Prebostía de San Juan de Alt St. Johann”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kloster and Gemeindeverwaltung Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann.

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