Museum Kloster Sankt Georgen

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Stein am Rhein

Eastern Switzerland / Liechtenstein

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Apr.-Oct.: Tue.-Sun. 10-17 h
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Klostermuseum St. Georgen
Fischmarkt 3
8260 Stein am Rhein
Phone +41 (0)52 741 21 42
klostersanktgeorgen.ch

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The former Benedictine Abbey of St. George is one of the most important Swiss architectural monuments from the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. It was founded in the 11th century and underwent reconstruction in the 14th to 16th centuries and in the 19th century.

The former Benedictine Abbey of St. Georgen is one of the most important Swiss architectural monuments from the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. It was founded in the 11th century and underwent drastic structural changes in the 14th to 16th centuries and in the 19th century. The monastery includes cloister buildings with chapter house, refectory, dormitories, abbot's rooms and abbot's chapel. Of particular importance are the late Gothic cloister and the so-called banquet hall, built in 1515 under the last abbot, David von Winkelsheim. It houses one of the most important painting cycles of the early modern period north of the Alps. The monastery was abolished in the course of the Reformation in 1525. In 1926, the Gottfried Keller Foundation acquired the monastery complex with the support of the canton of Schaffhausen and the city of Stein am Rhein.

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