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St. Otmar Pilgrimage Chapel and Franciscan Convent, Werd Island

St. Otmar Pilgrimage Chapel and Franciscan Convent, Werd Island

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Location: Thurgau, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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1. Bridge to Werd Island – Town Hall of Stein am Rhein loop from Wagenhausen

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2. Rhine Bridge Stein am Rhein – Town Hall of Stein am Rhein loop from Eschenz

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3. Town Hall of Stein am Rhein – Bridge to Werd Island loop from Steckborn

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Sabine

July 4, 2023

A very nice place. It is a place of silence and inhabited by Franciscan monks. They have lived in the priest's house since 1957. The island can be reached via a wooden jetty.

I think it's great that the island is open to the population to visit and enjoy.

There are free parking spaces in front of the jetty.

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Ralph

August 15, 2023

The first abbot of the monastery of Sankt Gallen, Otmar, died on the island of Werd in 759 after being exiled here as a Frankish convict. The abbot was buried on the island, but was brought back to their monastery ten years later by the monks from St. Gallen and buried a second time.

A chapel was built on the former grave of St. Othmar in the 10th century. At the same time, Emperor Otto I gave the island of Werd to Einsiedeln Abbey. In the 12./13. The clergymen of Eschenz now found a place to live in the priest's house, which was added in the 19th century.

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Beate 🐕🍀

July 28, 2022

Small but fine chapel with good acoustics

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Location: Thurgau, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

St. Otmar Pilgrimage Chapel and Franciscan Convent, Werd Island

1. Bridge to Werd Island – Town Hall of Stein am Rhein loop from Wagenhausen

2. Rhine Bridge Stein am Rhein – Town Hall of Stein am Rhein loop from Eschenz

3. Town Hall of Stein am Rhein – Bridge to Werd Island loop from Steckborn

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