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Cloister Garden of the Provostry Alt St. Johann

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Cloister Garden of the Provostry Alt St. Johann

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  • Location: Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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    August 17, 2025

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    A Little Paradise: At the monastery in Alt St. Johann, modernity meets the Middle Ages.
    The monks already cultivated the garden of the monastery of St. Johann in the Thur …
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    May 26, 2022

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    St. Johann Monastery, Alt St. Johann (Thurtal)
    Former Benedictine monastery in upper Toggenburg, community Alt St. Johann (SG), 1626 moved to Neu St. Johann (municipality Nesslau-Krummenau, SG). Founded before 1150, …
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    Village, monastery, and rest area with fresh water.

    The monastery was founded by Benedictine monks. The earliest written record dates back to 1152, when Pope Eugene II placed St. Johann under his protection. The monastery owned estates in the Toggenburg region and the Rhine Valley: St. Johann, Stein, Krummenau, Kappel, St. Peterzell, and Mogelsberg, near Feldkirch, Klaus, Götzis, and Altach. It experienced its heyday in the 14th century.

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    Gräppelensee – View of Hintergräppelen loop from Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann

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    Elevation 940 m

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    Location: Alt St. Johann, Toggenburg, St. Gallen, Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

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