Fischingen Priory
Fischingen Abbey (Kloster Fischingen), now Fischingen Priory, is a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine monastery situated in Fischingen, Switzerland, Fischingen in the Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, on the upper reaches of the Murg (Thur), Murg, a tributary of the Thur (Switzerland), Thur. It was founded in 1138, dissolved in 1848 and re-founded as a priory in 1977. __TOC__ History The abbey was founded in 1138 by Ulrich II, Constanz, Bishop of Constanz as a private episcopal monastery, with the intention that it should offer shelter and hospitality to pilgrims on their way from Constanz to Einsiedeln Abbey. The hermit Gebino was appointed the first abbot. In only six years he had had built a bell tower, accommodation for both monks and nuns, and a guesthouse. At its high point in about 1210, Fischingen had about 150 monks and 120 nuns. The ''"Vogtei"'' (protective lordship) over the abbey belonged to the Counts of Toggenburg. Saint Idda of Toggenburg, who lived in a cell of the ...
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