List of Christian monasteries in Switzerland

This is a list of current and former Christian religious houses in Switzerland for either men or women.

A

All Saints Abbey, at Schaffhausen: Benedictine monks
Au Abbey, at Trachslau near Einsiedeln : initially 4 independent women's communities first documented in 1359; became a single community in Vordere Au c.1530; became Benedictine nuns in 1617 under Einsiedeln Abbey; raised to the status of abbey in 1984; extant
Ayent Priory, at Ayent : Benedictine monks

B

Baulmes Priory at Baulmes : Rule of St. Columbanus, later Benedictine monks ; Cluniacs
Beerenberg Abbey or Mariazell Abbey, at Wülflingen : hermitage ; Franciscan friars ; Augustinian Canons
Beinwil Abbey, at Beinwil : Benedictine monks
Bellelay Abbey, at Bellelay : Premonstratensians
Bellerive Abbey, at Collonge-Bellerive : Cistercian nuns
Bellevaux Abbey, at Lausanne : Cistercian nuns
Bellinzona :
* Collegiate church
*Augustinian Canons
*Santa Maria della Grazie: Franciscan friars
*Jesuits
*Benedictine priory: monks
*Ursuline nuns
Benken Abbey, at Benken : monks of unknown order, possibly Benedictine
Berlai Priory or Mont-Berlai Priory, at Avenches : Benedictine monks
Blonay Priory, at Blonay : Benedictine monks
Bollingen Priory, at Bollingen : Cistercian nuns, later Premonstratensian nuns
Bonmont Abbey, at Chéserex : Cistercian monks
Bremgarten :
*Capuchin friary, Bremgarten : Capuchins
*St. Clare's Priory, Bremgarten : Beguines ; Franciscan Tertiaries
Broc Priory, at Broc : Benedictine monks
Bubikon Commandery, at Bubikon : Knights Hospitallers
Burier Priory, at Montreux : Benedictine monks

C

Cappel, see Kappel
Cazis Priory, at Cazis : canonesses or nuns ; Augustinian canonesses ; Dominican nuns
Claro Abbey, at Claro : Benedictine nuns
Churwalden Abbey at Churwalden : Premonstratensian monks
Collombey Abbey, at Collombey-Muraz : Reformed Bernardine nuns
Cossonay Priory, at Cossonay : Benedictine monks

D

Disentis Abbey at Disentis/Mustér : Benedictine monks

E

Ebersecken Abbey, later Priory at Willisau : Cistercian nuns
Einsiedeln Abbey at Einsiedeln : Benedictine monks
Engelberg Abbey at Engelberg : Benedictine monks
Engental Priory at Muttenz : Cistercian nuns
Erlach Abbey, also known as St. Johannsen Abbey, at Gals : Benedictine monks
Eschenbach Abbey, at Eschenbach : Augustinian nuns ; Cistercian nuns

F

Fahr Priory at Unterengstringen / Würenlos : Benedictine nuns
Feldbach Abbey or Priory at Steckbach : Cistercian nuns
Abbaye de la Fille-Dieu at Romont : Cistercian nuns; Trappists
Fischingen Priory, formerly Fischingen Abbey, at Fischingen : Benedictine monks
Fontaine-André Abbey at Neuchâtel: Premonstratensians
Fraubrunnen Abbey at Fraubrunnen : Cistercian nuns
Frauenthal Abbey at Cham : Cistercian nuns
Fraumünster Abbey: see Zürich
Frienisberg Abbey at Seedorf : Cistercian monks

G

Genolier Priory at Genolier : Benedictine monks
Géronde Charterhouse at Sierre : Carthusians
Glattburg Abbey aka St. Gallenberg Abbey at Oberbüren : Benedictine nuns
Gnadenthal Abbey at Niederwil : Cistercian nuns
Gottstatt Abbey at Orpund : Premonstratensians
Community of Grandchamp at Boudry : Protestants
Grandgourt Abbey at Grandgourt : Premonstratensians
Great St. Bernard Hospice on the Great St Bernard Pass: Augustinian Canons
Grimmenstein monastery: Third Order of Saint Francis nuns in Appenzell Innerrhoden
''Gubel, see Maria Hilf''

H

Haut-Crêt Abbey at Les Tavernes : Cistercian monks
Hauterive Abbey at Posieux : Cistercian monks
Hermetschwil Abbey at Hermetschwil-Staffeln : Benedictine nuns
Herzogenbuchsee Priory at Herzogenbuchsee : Benedictine monks
Humilimont Abbey at Marsens : Premonstratensians

I

Dominican Convent, at Ilanz : Dominican Sisters
Château d'Illens at Rossens : displaced French Trappist monks from Laval 1903-14
In der Au, see Au Abbey
Interlaken Monastery at Interlaken : Augustinian Canons Regulars
Ittingen Charterhouse at Warth : Carthusians

J

Jonschwil Abbey or Priory at Jonschwil : Benedictine monks

K

Kalchrain Priory or Abbey at Hüttwilen : Cistercian nuns
Kappel Abbey at Kappel am Albis : Cistercian monks
Kleinlützel Priory at Kleinlützel : women religious, possibly Cistercian nuns; Augustinian Canons; Augustinian Canonesses
Klingental Priory in Basel: Dominican friars
Klingenzell Priory at Mammern : Benedictine monks
Klingnau Commandery at Klingnau : Knights Hospitallers
Königsfelden Abbey at Windisch : Franciscans and Poor Clares
Kreuzlingen Abbey at Kreuzlingen: Augustinian Canons
Küsnacht Priory or Commandery at Küsnacht : Knights Hospitallers

L

La Lance Charterhouse at Concise, : Carthusians
Lac de Joux Abbey at L'Abbaye : Premonstratensians
Le Lieu : monastery of unknown rule, possibly a hermitage
Lucerne:
*Lucerne Abbey: Benedictine monks
* Franciscan friary, Lucerne
Lully Priory at Bernex : Benedictine monks
Lutry Priory at Lutry : Benedictine monks
Lützelau Abbey or Priory on Lützelau island, Freienbach : nuns, order unknown

M

Magdenau Abbey at Wolfertswil, Degersheim : Cistercian nuns
La Maigrauge Abbey / Magerau Abbey : Cistercian nuns
Mariaberg Abbey : Built as a replacement for Abbey of St. Gall, destroyed before completion in Rorschacher Klosterbruch, rebuilt as an administrative center
Maria Hilf, on the Gubel, Menzingen : Capuchin Sisters
Maria-Rickenbach at Niederrickenbach : Benedictine nuns
Mariastein Abbey, also known as Beinwil-Mariastein Abbey, at Metzerlen-Mariastein : Benedictine monks
Mariazell, see Beerenberg
Mariazell-Wurmsbach Abbey, see Wurmsbach
Melchtal Abbey at Kerns : Benedictine nuns
Mistail Abbey at Alvaschein : Benedictine nuns
Montheron Abbey at Montheron in Froideville near Lausanne : Cistercian monks
Mount Zion Abbey at Gommiswald : Premonstratensian nuns
Moutier-Grandval Abbey in Moutier : Benedictine monks
Münchenbuchsee Commandery at Münchenbuchsee : Knights Hospitallers
Münchenwiler Priory at Münchenwiler Castle : Cluniacs
Münsterlingen at Landschlacht : Benedictine nuns
Muri Abbey at Muri : Benedictine monks

N

Nyon Abbey or Priory at Nyon : Benedictine monks

O

Oetenbach Priory, Lindenhof: see Zürich
Olsberg Abbey at Olsberg : Cistercian nuns
Oujon Charterhouse at Arzier : Carthusians

P

Paradise Priory at Schlatt : Poor Clares
La Part-Dieu Charterhouse at Gruyères or La Tour-de-Trême : Carthusians
Perroy Priory at Perroy : Benedictine monks
Peterlingen Priory at Payerne : Cluniacs
Pfäfers Abbey at Pfäfers : Benedictine monks
Posat Priory or Abbey at Posat : Trappist monks
''Predigerkloster, Neumarkt: see Zürich''

R

Rathausen Abbey or Priory at Ebikon : Cistercian nuns
Capuchin Friary, Rapperswil, at Rapperswil : Capuchin friars
Rheinau Abbey at Rheinau : Benedictines
Romainmôtier Abbey at Romainmôtier-Envy : Premonstratensian canons
Rüeggisberg Priory at Rüeggisberg : Cluniacs
Rüegsau Abbey at Rüegsau : Benedictine nuns
Rueyres Priory at Chardonne : Premonstratensian nuns
Rüti Monastery at Rüti : Premonstratensians

S

St. Agnes' Abbey at Schaffhausen: Benedictine nuns
St. Alban's Abbey, later St. Alban's Priory, in Basel: Benedictines, later Cluniacs
St. Andrew's Abbey, Sarnen, see Sarnen
St. Benedict's Abbey, Port-Valais, at Le Bouveret : Benedictines
St. Bernard Hospice, see Great St Bernard Hospice
St. Blaise's Priory at Basel: Benedictine monks
St. Blaise's Priory, Stampfenbach, Stampfenbach in Zürich: Benedictine monks
St. Christopher's Abbey or Priory near Aclens : Benedictine monks
St. Gall's Abbey at St. Gallen: Benedictine monks
St. Gallenberg Abbey, see Glattburg Abbey
St. George's Abbey, Stein am Rhein, at Stein am Rhein : Benedictine monks
St. Imier's Abbey at St. Imier : Benedictine monks, later men's collegiate foundation
St. Jacob's Abbey im Prättigau at Klosters : Premonstratensians
St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal at Alt St. Johann, later Nesslau : Benedictine monks
St. John's Abbey, Geneva, at Geneva: Benedictine monks
St. John's Abbey, Müstair, at Müstair : Benedictine nuns
St. Margaretenthal Charterhouse in Basel: Carthusians
St. Martin's Abbey, Fluntern Fluntern, Zürich: Augustinian Canons
St. Maurice's Abbey at Saint-Maurice : Augustinian Canons
St. Otmarsberg Abbey, also known as Uznach Abbey, at Uznach : Missionary Benedictines
St. Peter's Island small priory near Erlach : Cluniac monks
St. Peterzell Priory at St. Peterzell : Benedictine monks
Saint-Pierre-de-Clages Priory at Saint-Pierre-de-Clages, Chamoson : Benedictine monks ; Trappist monks
Saint-Pierre du Mont-Joux Hospice at Bourg-St-Pierre : unknown
St. Sulpice's Priory at Saint-Sulpice : Benedictine or Cluniac monks
St. Urban's Abbey at Sankt Urban or Pfaffnau : Cistercian monks
St. Ursanne's Abbey at Saint-Ursanne : Rule of St. Columbanus, later Benedictine monks, later a college of secular canons
St. Wiborada's Priory at St. Georgen in St. Gallen: Benedictine nuns
Sarnen Abbey, St. Andrew's Abbey, Sarnen, or Engelberg-Sarnen, formerly the nunnery of the double monastery at Engelberg, at Sarnen : Benedictine nuns
Schänis Abbey at Schänis : women's collegiate foundation
Schönenwerd Priory at Schönenwerd : unknown rule; later a men's collegiate foundation
Schönthal Abbey, Basel, in Langenbruck : Benedictine nuns
Selnau Abbey: see Zürich
Sembrancher Abbey at Vollèges : Trappist monks and nuns
Sion Priory or Abbey near Klingnau : Benedictine monks
Simplon Hospice on the Simplon Pass: Augustinian Canons
Steinen Priory at Steinen : Cistercian nuns ; Dominican nuns

T

Tänikon Abbey at Aadorf : Cistercian nuns
Tedlingen Priory or Abbey at Radelfingen : Cistercian nuns
Töss Monastery at Töss, now part of Winterthur : Dominican nuns
Thorberg Charterhouse at Schloss Thorberg, Krauchthal : Carthusians
Thunstetten Priory or Commandery, Thunstetten : Knights Hospitallers
Tobel Priory or Commandery, Tobel-Tägerschen : Knights Hospitallers
Trub Abbey at Trub : Benedictines

U

''Uznach Abbey, see St. Otmarsberg Abbey''

V

Val de la Paix Charterhouse at Chandossel or Villarepos : Carthusians
La Valsainte Charterhouse at Cerniat : Carthusians, later Trappists
Vautravers Priory at Môtiers : Benedictine monks
Vermes Priory at Vermes : unknown
Villarvolard Abbey or Priory : Trappist nuns
La Voix-Dieu Abbey or Priory at Plasselb : Cistercian nuns

W

Wagenhausen Priory at Wagenhausen : Benedictine monks
Wangen Abbey or Priory at Wangen an der Aare : Benedictine monks
Weesen Nunnery at Weesen : Dominican nuns
Werd Friary, formerly Werd Abbey, at Eschenz : Franciscans, formerly Benedictines
Wettingen Abbey at Wettingen : Cistercian monks
Widlisbach Abbey or Priory at Rüttenen : Trappist monks
Wislikofen Priory at Wislikofen : Benedictine monks
Wonnenstein Friary at Teufen : Capuchin friars
Wurmsbach Abbey at Bollingen : Cistercian nuns

Z

Zürich:
* Fraumünster Abbey: Benedictine nuns
* Barfüsserkloster Zürich: Franciscan friary
* Augustinerkloster Zürich: priory of Augustinian friars
* Predigerkloster Zürich, Neumarkt: priory of Dominican friars
* Community of St. Verena: Beguines
* Oetenbach Priory, Lindenhof: convent of Dominican nuns
* St. Martin's Priory, Fluntern, also known as Zürichberg Priory : Augustinian Canons
* Selnau Abbey: Cistercian nuns
Zurzach Abbey at Zurzach : men's collegiate foundation