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