In earlier times the monastery was a Benedictine abbey. Today you will find the Spiritual Way Community, the music center “Musikinsel Rheinau” and the monastery church, which is used by the Catholic parish of Rheinau.

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Rheinau Monastery (Latin Monasterium Rhenaugensis) is a former Benedictine abbey on an island on the Rhine in what is now the Swiss municipality of Rheinau in the canton of Zurich. It was founded around 778 and abolished in 1862. From 1867 to 2000 a psychiatric clinic was housed in the monastery buildings. Today the former monastery building is used by the Spiritual Path Community and the music center "Musikinsel Rheinau", the monastery church by the Catholic parish of Rheinau.

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July 16, 2022

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Rheinau Abbey was founded around 778. The verifiable history of the Benedictine Abbey only began in the 11th century. The holy itinerant monk Fintan was born in southern Ireland around the year 800. He was an itinerant preacher and moved to Rome, eventually ending up on the monastic island. Fintan's incredible asceticism, heart prayer and many miracles attracted people. For the last 16 years of his life, Fintan lived only on St. communion Even today, votive tablets in the Rheinau monastery church show the miracles at the intercession of the popular saint.

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