Pfäfers Abbey
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Pfäfers Abbey (German: Kloster Pfäfers), also known as St. Pirminsberg from its position on a mountain, was a Benedictine monastery in Pfäfers near Bad Ragaz, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Pfäfers Abbey Kloster Pfäfers | |||||||||
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1408–1798 | |||||||||
Status | Imperial Abbey of the Holy Roman Empire Condominium of the Old Swiss Confederacy | ||||||||
Capital | Pfäfers Abbey | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Founded | before 740 1408 | ||||||||
• Gained right of free election | 840 | ||||||||
861 | |||||||||
1408 | |||||||||
1482–1798 | |||||||||
11 November 1798 | |||||||||
19 February 1803 | |||||||||
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Situated at the junction of the Tamina and Rhine valleys, it flourished as a religious house and owner of lands and serfs, as well as assuming extraordinary importance as a political and cultural centre of the Chur–Raetian region.