Friedhof St. Georgen

Friedhof St. Georgen is a cemetery in Saint Gallen, St. Gallen. Friedhof St. Georgen is situated nearby to the church Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen, as well as near the reservoir Brandweiher.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen and Abbey of Saint Gall.

Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen

Church

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Herz-Jesu-Kirche St. Georgen is a church, which is situated 140 metres north of Friedhof St. Georgen.

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 north of Friedhof St. Georgen.

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 1 km northwest of Friedhof St. Georgen.