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.Photo: Ginkgo2g, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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
Photo: Jag9889, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Evangelische Kirche Alt St. Johann is a church.
Thur waterfalls
Waterfall
Photo: Hardcoreraveman, CC0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alt St. Johann and Unterwasser.
Alt St. Johann
Village
Photo: Breeze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
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
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
47.19453° or 47° 11′ 40″ northLongitude
9.28534° or 9° 17′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8FVF57VP+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 222237893OpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata 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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