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Einsiedeln abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (923 words) |
 | Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, that title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated. |
| In 965 Gregory, the third Abbot of Einsiedeln, was made a prince of the empire by Otto I, and his successors continued to enjoy the same dignity up to the cessation of the empire in the beginning of the nineteenth century. |
| Dom Thomas Bossart, the fifty-third Abbot of Einsiedeln and former dean of the monastery, was elected in 1905. |
| AllRefer.com - Einsiedeln, Switzerland (Swiss Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (235 words) |
| Einsiedeln is the most famous pilgrimage center in Switzerland and one of the most noted in Europe. |
| Paracelsus is said to have been born in the town; Zwingli was (1516–18) a priest there. |
| Einsiedeln today is a popular winter resort and home to printing, machinery, and furniture-making industries. |
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