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