Abbey of Einsiedeln
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EINSIEDELN ABBEY (Abbatia territorialis Sanctissimae Virginis Mariae Einsiedlensis)
Country : Switzerland
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Order : Benedictan
Established : 1130
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The Abbey was founded in 835 by St. Meinrad; the crows in the monastery's arms is said to represent crows which the saint kept as pets, and have been borne since the 15th century.
The arms on a 1783 coin |
Arms of Abbots
Benno Gut (1947-1959)
Raymund Tschudi (1959-1969)
Martin Werlen (2001-2013)
Urban Federer (2013, -)
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