Kloster Einsiedeln
Open today 08:00–11:30
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Why go
- The Black Madonna in the Chapel of Grace, which draws about 800,000 visitors a year.
- The church’s German Rococo interior, with work by the Asam brothers and Carlo Innocenzo Carloni.
Plan your visit
Opening times
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Don't miss
- Grosser SaalThis spacious Baroque hall was once the abbot’s reception room. Today it hosts concerts, cultural events, lectures and conferences.Enter through the Hofpforte.Tours run throughout the year, with some exceptions.
Know before you go
- Daily opening hours: 06:00–20:30.
- Visiting hours: 08:00–11:30 year-round.
- For access arrangements, call +41 55 418 61 11.
Legends and hidden details
- A legend says Christ consecrated the church in honor of Mary in 948.
Services and visiting hours
- Public worship
- Visitors welcome Visitors may attend services in the abbey church; pilgrim groups also hold services here.
- Group events
- Four publicly accessible rooms available for hire The Hofspeisesaal, one floor below the Grosser Saal, can be used for aperitifs after hall events.
Interesting facts7
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Candles and lamps burned before the Black Madonna for centuries, leaving soot that darkened the statue.
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230,000 printed
The library holds around 230,000 printed books, 1,230 manuscripts and 1,040 volumes of incunabula and early printed books.
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1130
The Benedictine convent of Fahr near Zürich has belonged to Einsiedeln since 1130; together they form the order’s only surviving double monastery.
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40 Benedictine
Around 40 Benedictine monks live here. As a territorial abbey, the monastery is outside diocesan jurisdiction.
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5.9 tonnes
The monastery has twelve bells; eight are used for pealing. The Trinity Bell weighs about 5.9 tonnes and hangs in the south tower.
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Four rooms are open to the public for group events and can be hired.
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The abbey school is a private, federally recognized Matura school organized by the monastery.
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History
Pilgrimage began at the Chapel of the Saviour, believed to have been consecrated by Christ, and gradually became a Marian pilgrimage during the Middle Ages.
- 9th centuryMeinrad established a forest hermitage with a small chapel.
- January 861Two robbers killed Meinrad.
- 934Eberhard founded the abbey on Meinrad’s hermitage site and became its first abbot. The library was founded that year.
- 1029–1039After a fire in 1029, a three-aisled basilica with a crypt was built from 1031 to 1039, establishing the later church’s basic layout.
- 1314Schwyzer farmers attacked and looted the monastery during the Marchenstreit; most monks were taken prisoner to Schwyz.
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- 1516–1518Huldrych Zwingli served here as a parish priest.
- 1664–1798The monastery operated its own printing press from 1664 and published over a thousand titles by 1798.
- 1674–1684Architect Hans Jörg Kuen oversaw construction of the choir and confession church.
- 1704Construction of the present abbey complex began to plans by Caspar Moosbrugger.
- 1719Work on the church in its present form began at the request of Abbot Thomas Schenklin.
- 1734–1735The Baroque church was completed in 1734 and consecrated on 3 May 1735.
- 1798–1801French revolutionary troops occupied the abbey in 1798, ending its independent principality status; the clergy returned in 1801.
- 1815–1817The Chapel of Grace was rebuilt in Neoclassical style, incorporating surviving parts of the old structure.
- 1984Pope John Paul II consecrated the new high altar in the lower choir.
How to get there
- On footWalk from Einsiedeln railway station to Kloster, 8840 Einsiedeln, Canton Schwyz.
- TrainS13 and S40 trains serve Einsiedeln station. Both stop at Biberbrugg, where connections to Lucerne are available.
Sources: Einsiedeln Abbey - Wikipedia · Benediktinerabtei - Kloster Einsiedeln · Versammlungsräume - Kloster Einsiedeln · Grosser Saal - Kloster Einsiedeln · Kloster Einsiedeln - Wikipedia · Abbazia territoriale di Einsiedeln - Wikipedia · Kloster Einsiedeln: seasons, visitor informatio… · checked 10 Oct 2026
- Website
- kloster-einsiedeln.ch/
- Phone
- +41554186111
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Questions and answers
How many bells does Kloster Einsiedeln have?
It has twelve bells, eight of which are used for pealing. The Trinity Bell in the south tower weighs about 5.9 tonnes.
What is the oldest miraculous image associated with Kloster Einsiedeln?
An enthroned Madonna shown on an abbey seal from 1239 is considered its oldest miraculous image.
How far back does Kloster Einsiedeln’s manuscript tradition go?
The monastery had a writing school by the mid-10th century, and 64 manuscripts from that period survive.
Did Kloster Einsiedeln print books?
It received its own printing press in 1664 and published more than a thousand titles by 1798.
Does Kloster Einsiedeln run a school?
Yes. It runs a private, federally recognized Matura school.
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