The magnificent library, with its over 140'000 manuscripts, early prints and books contains the codex of the Nibelung as well as richly decorated Irish manuscripts and some 1000-year-old original parchments.
How to get there:
By train: 10 minutes on foot from St.Gallen train station.
By car: Please use one of our public car parks around the old city.
Opening hours:
December to March:
Monday to Saturday 10 to 12 am and 1:30 to 5 pm
Sunday 10 to 12 am and 1:30 to 4 pm
April to October:
Monday to Saturday 10 to 5 pm
Sunday: 10 to 4 pm
November: closed
Cathedral: Monday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm
Sunday 12.15 am to 5:30 pm
Service: Saturday 5:30, Sunday 8 am, 915 am, 11 am, 7:30 pm
Abbey Library/Cathedral St.Gallen
St.Gallen
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The spirit of the Benedictine Monks is still perceptible in the Abbey Library, which is said to be the most beautiful secular Rococo hall in Switzerland.
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Contact Information
- St.Gallen-Bodensee Tourismus
Bahnhofplatz 1a
9001 St.Gallen
Tel. +41 (0)71 227 37 37
Fax +41 (0)71 227 37 67
info@st.gallen-bodensee.ch
www.st.gallen-bodensee.ch
- www.stiftsbibliothek.ch
