Abbey of Einsiedeln

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 in a 17th century manuscript
The arms on a 1783 coin

Arms of Abbots

Bertold von Waldsee (1206-1213)
Konrad von Thun (1213-1233)
Anselm von Schwanden (1233-1266)
Ulrich von Winneden (1267-1277)
Peter von Schwanden (1277-1280)
Heinrich von Güttingen (1280-1299)
Johannes von Schwanden (1299-1327)
Johannes von Hasenburg (1327-1334)
Konrad von Gösgen (1334-1348)
Heinrich von Brandis (1348-1357)
Nikolaus von Gutenburg (1357-1364)
Markwart von Grünenberg (1364-1376)
Peter von Wolhusen (1376-1386)
Ludwig von Thierstein (1387-1402)
Hugo von Rosenegg (1402-1418)
Burkard von Krenkingen-Weissenburg (1418-1438)
Rudolf von Hohensax (1438-1447)
Franz von Hohenrechberg (1447-1452)
Gerold von Hohensax (1452-1469)
Konrad von Hohenrechberg (1480-1526)
Ludwig Blarer von Wartensee (1526-1544)
Joachim Eichhorn (1544-1569)
Adam Heer (1569-1585)
Ulrich Wittwiler (1585-1600)
Augustin Hofmann (1600-1629)
Plazidus Reimann (1629-1670)
Augustin Reding (1670-1692)
Raphael Gottrau (1692-1698)
Maurus von Roll (1698-1714)
Thomas Schenklin (1714-1734)
Nikolaus Imfeld (1734-1773)
Marian Müller (1773-1780)
Beat Küttel (1780-1808)
Konrad Tanner (1808-1825)
Cölestin Müller (1825-1846)
Heinrich Schmid (1846-1874)
Basilius Oberholzer (1875-1895)
Columban Brügger (1895-1905)
Thomas Bossart (1905-1923)
Ignaz Staub (1923-1947)
Benno Gut (1947-1959)
Raymund Tschudi (1959-1969)
Martin Werlen (2001-2013)
Urban Federer (2013, -)

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