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| The Abbey of Saint Gall (German: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747xe2x80x931805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. | WIKI |
| The library of the Abbey is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world. | WIKI |
| [2] The city of St.xc2xa0Gallen originated as an adjoining settlement of the abbey. | WIKI |
| Following the secularization of the abbey around 1800, the former Abbey church became a Cathedral in 1848. | WIKI |
| Since 1983 the abbey precinct has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Foundation 1.2 Golden Age 1.3 Silver Age 1.4 Under the Prince-Abbots 1.4.1 An associate of the Swiss Confederation 1.4.2 End of the Prince-Abbots 2 Cultural treasures 3 People of the abbey 3.1 List of abbots 3.2 Nuns 4 See also 5 Notes and references 6 External links 7 Further reading | WIKI |
| The abbey grew fast and many Alemannic noblemen became monks. | WIKI |
| With the increase in the number of monks the abbey grew stronger also economically. | WIKI |
| Much land in Thurgau, Zxc3xbcrichgau and in the rest of Alemannia as far as the Neckar was transferred to the abbey due to Stiftungen. | WIKI |
| In 744, the Alemannic nobleman Beata sells several properties to the abbey in order to finance his journey to Rome. | WIKI |
| It was not until Emperor Louis the Pious (ruled 814xe2x80x93840) confirmed in 813 the imperial immediacy (Reichsunmittelbarkeit) of the abbey, that this conflict ceased. | WIKI |
| [3] The abbey became an Imperial Abbey (Reichsabtei). | WIKI |
| King Louis the German confirmed in 833 the immunity of the abbey and allowed the monks the free choice of their abbot. | WIKI |
| [8] In 854 finally, the Abbey of St Gall reached its full autonomy by King Louis the German releasing the abbey from the obligation to pay tithes to the Bishop of Constance. | WIKI |
| From this time until the 10th century, the abbey flourished. | WIKI |
| It was home to several famous scholars, including Notker of Lixc3xa8ge, Notker the Stammerer, Notker Labeo, Tuotilo and Hartker (who developed the antiphonal liturgical books for the abbey). | WIKI |
| Manuscripts on a wide variety of topics were purchased by the abbey and copies were made. | WIKI |
| Between 924 and 933 the Magyars threatened the abbey and the books had to be removed to Reichenau for safety. | WIKI |
| On 26 April 937 a fire broke out and destroyed much of the abbey and the adjoining settlement, though the library was undamaged. | WIKI |
| [8] In 1006, the abbey was the northernmost place where a sighting of the 1006 supernova was recorded. | WIKI |
| GallenCommonxc2xa0languagesHigh AlemannicGovernmentPrincipalityHistorical eraMiddle Ages, Renaissance, Baroquexe2x80xa2xc2xa0Monastery founded 719xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Became a Princely Abbey 1207xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Became Old Swiss Confederacy protectorate August 17, 1451xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Pillaged by the Old Swiss Confederacy 1712xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Secularised to Helvetic Republic canton of Sxc3xa4ntis xe2x86x92 1798xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Helvetic Republic collapsed; city and abbey became part of the newly founded canton of St. Gallen xe2x86x921803 Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Swabia Canton of Sxc3xa4ntis | WIKI |
| The abbey became a Princely Abbey (Reichsabtei). | WIKI |
| As the abbey became more involved in local politics, it entered a period of decline. | WIKI |
| [7] During the 14th century Humanists[3] were allowed to carry off some of the rare texts from the abbey library. | WIKI |
| During the Appenzell Wars, the town of St.xc2xa0Gallen often sided with Appenzell against the abbey. | WIKI |
| The town of St.xc2xa0Gallen wanted to restrict the increase of power in the abbey and simultaneously increase the power of the town. | WIKI |
| Initially, he protested to the abbot and the representatives of the four sponsoring Confederate cantons (Zxc3xbcrich, Lucerne, Schwyz, and Glarus) against the construction of the new abbey in Rorschach. | WIKI |
| He motivated the clerics from Wil to Rorschach to discard their loyalty to the abbey and spoke against the abbey at the town meeting at Waldkirch, where the popular league was formed. | WIKI |
| However, in early 1490 the four cantons decided to carry out their duty to the abbey and to invade the St. Gallen canton with an armed force. | WIKI |
| The town adopted the Reformation in 1524, while the abbey remained Catholic, which damaged relations between the town and abbey. | WIKI |
| In the 16th century the abbey was raided by Calvinist groups, which scattered many of the old books. | WIKI |
| For security, the abbey was forced to request the protection of the townspeople of St. Gallen. | WIKI |
| Until 1457 the townspeople had been serfs of the abbey, but they had grown in power until they were protecting the abbey. | WIKI |
| Following the disturbances, the abbey was still the largest religious city-state in Switzerland, with over 77,000 inhabitants. | WIKI |
| [10] A final attempt to expand the abbey resulted in the demolition of most of the medieval monastery. | WIKI |
| The large and ornate new abbey did not remain a monastery for very long. | WIKI |
| In 1798 the Prince-Abbot's secular power was suppressed, and the abbey was secularized. | WIKI |
| The abbey became a separate See in 1846, with the abbey church as its cathedral and a portion of the monastic buildings for the bishop. | WIKI |
| The Abbey library of Saint Gall is recognized as one of the richest medieval libraries in the world. | WIKI |
| People of the abbey[edit] | WIKI |
| Kilian Germann (1529xe2x80x931530) Elected to prevent the Reformation from entering the Abbey. | WIKI |
| Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee (1530xe2x80x931564) Expanded the Abbey, known as the Third Founder due to his work on the Abbey. | WIKI |
| It is an impressive architectural ensemble comprising different buildings regrouped around the main square of the abbey: The west side includes the ancient abbatial church (the present cathedral), flanked by two towers and the ancient cloister, which today houses the abbatial Library; located on the east side is the xe2x80x9cNeue Pfalzxe2x80x9d, the present seat of the canton authorities. | UNESCO |
| In addition to the architectural substance, the inestimable cultural values conserved at the Abbey are of exceptional importance, notably: the Irish manuscripts of the 7th and 8th centuries, the illuminated manuscripts of the St Gall School of the 9th and 11th centuries, documents concerning the history of the origins of Alemannic Switzerland as well as the layout of the convent during the Carolingian era (the only manuscript plan of that time remaining worldwide, conserved in its original state, representing a concept of monastic organisation of the Benedictine order). | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The Abbey of Gozbert (816-837) exerted a great influence on the development of monastic architecture following the Council of Aix-la-Chapelle, as demonstrated by the famous plan of St Gall of the 9th century which comprises architectural drawings of 341 inscriptions on parchment that may be perceived as the ideal layout for a Benedictine abbey. | UNESCO |
| The property comprises the entire monastic ensemble with the archives of the Abbey as well as the Abbatial Library and all the restructuring developments over more than 1200 years, and consequently retains all the necessary elements to express its Outstanding Universal Value. | UNESCO |
| The 1972 cantonal law on construction lists the elements of the Abbey as monuments for which conservation is of public interest. | UNESCO |