Grimmenstein monastery

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Grimmenstein
Kloster Grimmenstein
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Grimmenstein monastery (Switzerland)
Monastery information
Full nameSt. Ottilia, Grimmenstein
Order Third Order of Saint Francis
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established1378/1424
Diocese Saint Gallen
Site
Location Walzenhausen
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 47°26′36.24″N9°36′45.72″E / 47.4434000°N 9.6127000°E / 47.4434000; 9.6127000 Coordinates: 47°26′36.24″N9°36′45.72″E / 47.4434000°N 9.6127000°E / 47.4434000; 9.6127000

Grimmenstein Monastery is a monastery of Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in Walzenhausen in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. While it is located in Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the buildings and grounds are a small exclave of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. [1]

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History

By 1378 a group of Beguines existed at Äschach farm in the area. In 1424 the Abbot of Saint Gall Kuno von Stoffeln allowed a monastery for the laywomen to be built near the ruins of Grimmenstein Castle. By 1593 they were living under the Rule of Saint Francis. In 1549 the monastery building was destroyed in a fire. It was rebuilt soon thereafter. [2] In 1604 they adopted the Pfanneregger Reform as a Capuchin friary. [1]

In 1597 the Canton of Appenzell split into the catholic Appenzell Innerrhoden and the protestant Appenzell Ausserrhoden half-cantons. Because Grimmenstein was located in the town of Walzenhausen which joined the protestant Ausserrhoden, ownership of the monastery became a source of conflict. In 1870 the federal government declared that the land within the walls of Wonnenstein Friary and Grimmenstein monastery would be part of Appenzell Innerrhoden and everything outside the walls would be Appenzell Ausserrhoden. [1]

They established the daughter friary in Nevada in the United States. Beginning in 1953 the monastery church became the parish church for Walzenhausen. In 1794 there were 14 residents of the friary. In 1940 that number was 45. In 1991 there were 21 residents and by 2001 that number had dropped to 15. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Grimmenstein (Kloster) in German , French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ "Kloster St.Ottilia, Grimmenstein - Geschichte". www.kloster-grimmenstein.ch. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
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