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	Einsiedeln - Place of Culture and Pilgrimage in Switzerland
		The famous library of the abbey and the grandiose baroque church are considered to be one of the major cultural monuments of Switzerland.
		The imposing baroque church and the tousend-year-old benedictine abbey of Einsiedeln together with the famous abbey library are among the major cutural monuments of Switzerland and make a perfect side-trip for tourists staying in Lucernce or Zurich.
		Other sights that enrich an excursion to Einsiedeln are the Diorama Bethlehem, the largest Christmas crib in the world, the Panorama Crucifixion of Christ, a giant circular painting, the gingerbread bakery museum (Schafböcke or Schafboecke) and the great hall of the monastery.
	www.einsiedeln.diorama.ch /english.htm (338 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Canton of Schwyz
		North east of the town of Schwyz is the world-famous abbey of Einsiedeln.
		Einsiedeln is an administrative district of the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
		Riemenstalden is a municipality in the district of Schwyz, in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Canton-of-Schwyz (3508 words)

	Einsiedeln Abbey - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery in Einsiedeln town, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, that title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated.
		In 965 Gregory, the third Abbot of Einsiedeln, was made a prince of the empire by Otto I, and his successors continued to enjoy the same dignity up to the cessation of the empire in the beginning of the nineteenth century.
		Martin (Stefan) Werlen, the fifty-eight Abbot of Einsiedeln was elected in 2001.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Einsiedeln_Abbey (1018 words)

	Einsiedeln - LoveToKnow 1911
		Early in the 10th century Benno, a hermit, rebuilt the holy man's cell, but the abbey proper was not founded till about 934, the church having been consecrated (it is said by Christ Himself) in 948.
		A fl wooden image of the Virgin and the fame of St Meinrad caused the throngs of pilgrims to resort to Einsiedeln in the middle ages, and even now it is much frequented, particularly about the 14th of September.
		Zwingli was the parish priest of Einsiedeln 1516-1518 (before he became a Protestant), while near the town Paracelsus (1493-1541), the celebrated philosopher, was born.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Einsiedeln (317 words)

	Einsiedeln abbey - Definition, explanation
		Einsiedeln is a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, that title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated.
		In 965 Gregory, the third Abbot of Einsiedeln, was made a prince of the empire by Otto I, and his successors continued to enjoy the same dignity up to the cessation of the empire in the beginning of the nineteenth century.
		Zwingli himself was at Einsiedeln for a while, and used the opportunity for protesting against the famous pilgrimages, but the storm passed over and the abbey was left in peace.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/e/ei/einsiedeln_abbey.php (926 words)

	Subiaco's History
		Switzerland was, of course, involved in this monastic expansion, and the Benedictine traditions at Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas originate from the Abbey of Maria-Einsiedeln in the Dark Forest of Switzerland.
		Einsiedeln (pronounced ein-seed-uln) means hermitage, and for over 1,060 years, the Maria-Einsiedeln monastic community has developed into one of the most beloved Benedictine abbeys and Marian shrines in the world.
		The first Swiss missionaries of Einsiedeln purchased a tract of land in Indiana and dedicated their new monastery to the patronage of "St. Meinrad" on March 21, 1854, the feast of St. Benedict.
	www.subi.org /history.htm (567 words)

	Abbey of Einsiedeln
		The community numbers about one hundred priests and forty lay brothers, and attached to the abbey are a seminary and a college for about two hundred and sixty boys, both of which are taught by the monks, who also direct six convents of nuns.
		From St. Meinrad's Abbey, Indiana, which was the first settlement, daughter-houses were founded, and these in 1881 were formed into the Swiss-American Congregation, which comprised (in 1906) seven monasteries and nearly four hundred religious.
		Dom Thomas Bossart, the fifty-third Abbot of Einsiedeln and former dean of the monastery, was elected in 1905.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/einsiedeln,abbey_of.html (945 words)

	Einsiedeln - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Einsiedeln
		Einsiedeln became an independent principality of the Holy Roman Empire.
		The church (1719–26) is one of the finest examples of the baroque period, with an image of the Black Virgin and elaborate wrought-iron gates.
		The physician Paracelsus was born here in 1493, and the religious reformer Ulrich Zwingli was parish priest of Einsiedeln 1516–18.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Einsiedeln (159 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Einsiedeln abbey
		Meinrad, of the family of the Counts of Hohenzollern, was educated at the abbey school of Reichenau, an island in Lake Constance, under his kinsmen Abbots Hatto and Erlebald, where he became a monk and was ordained.
		In 1274 the abbey, with its dependencies, was created an independent principality by Rudolf of Hapsburg, over which the abbot exercised temporal as well as spiritual jurisdiction.
		Dom Thomas Bossart, the fifty-third Abbot of Einsiedeln and former dean of the monastery, was elected in 1905.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Einsiedeln_abbey (1052 words)

	Einsiedeln abbey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Meinrad, of the family of the Counts of Hohenzollern, was educated at the abbey school of Reichenau, an island in Lake Constance, under his kinsmen Abbots Hatto and Erlebald, where he became a monk and was ordained.
		In 1274 the abbey, with its dependencies, was created an independent principality by Rudolf of Hapsburg, over which the abbot exercised temporal as well as spiritual jurisdiction.
		Dom Thomas Bossart, the fifty-third Abbot of Einsiedeln and former dean of the monastery, was elected in 1905.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/e/ei/einsiedeln_abbey.html (906 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abbey of Einsiedeln
		Einsiedeln, was made a prince of the empire by Otto I, and his successors continued to enjoy the same dignity up to the cessation of the empire in the beginning of the nineteenth century.
		Einsiedeln 1526-44, succeeded in restoring the stricter observance.
		Einsiedeln for a while, and used the opportunity for protesting against the famous pilgrimages, but the storm passed over and the abbey was left in peace.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05367a.htm (864 words)

	Brother Arthur Sealy, OSB Nov."HIBERNUS"MONKS IN A GERMAN-SPEAKING AMERICAN MONASTERY, 1854-1952
		Bede O'Connor was a monk of the Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln.
		Transcribed by Archabbot Gabriel Verkamp from the Archives of the Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln.
		The summers of those years were spent at the Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln, our motherhouse, where the future archabbot was able to transcribe letters that our founding monks had sent back to Einsiedeln at various stages of their journey to the United States and for many years after their eventual arrival in Indiana.
	www.osb.org /aba/2004/proceedings/ArthurSealy.html (5364 words)

	Einsiedeln, Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Einsiedeln is a municipality of 13,062 in Switzerland in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey.
		Einsiedeln is made up of six localities: Bennau, Egg, Willerzell, Euthal, Gross and Trachslau.
		The village of Einsiedeln is the most frequented pilgrimage destination in Switzerland.
	nba.servegame.org /en/Einsiedeln%2C_Switzerland.htm (561 words)

	Blessed Frowin - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
		Of the early life of Frowin nothing is known, save that he is claimed as a monk of their community by the historians of the two great Benedictine abbeys of Einsiedeln in Switzerland and St. Blasius in Baden.
		Through his efforts the possessions and privileges, civil and ecclesiastical, of the abbey were greatly increased, while its renown as a home of learning, art, and piety spread far and wide.
		Himself a man of great intellectual endowments thoroughly versed in all the science, sacred and profane, of his time, he established a famous school in his abbey, in which besides the trivium and quadrivium, philosophy and theology were likewise taught.
	www.heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Frowin.html (292 words)

	Einsiedeln, Switzerland at AllExperts
		Einsiedeln is a small municipality of 13,062 in Switzerland in the canton of Schwyz best known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey.
		The village of Einsiedeln is the most frequented pilgrimmage destination in Switzerland.
		The Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, located within the village, is the site of the most significant baroque church in Switzerland with the grace chapel and a statue of the Black Madonna, which is very popular with Roman Catholic pilgrims.
	en.allexperts.com /e/e/ei/einsiedeln,_switzerland.htm (571 words)

	St. Wolfgang - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
		After the death (964) of Archbishop Henry of Trier, Wolfgang entered the Order of St. Benedict in the Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland, and was ordained priest by St. Ulrich in 968.
		He showed genuine episcopal generosity in the liberal manner with which he met the views of the Emperor Otto II regarding the intended reduction in size of his diocese for the benefit of the new Diocese of Prague (975), to which St. Adalbert was appointed first bishop.
		At the request of the Abbey of St. Emmeram, the life of St. Wolfgang was written by Othlo, a Benedictine monk of St. Emmeram about 1050.
	www.heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Wolfgang.html (1313 words)

	Petershausen Abbey at AllExperts
		It was founded in 983 by Bishop Gebhard of Constance, and settled from Einsiedeln Abbey.
		Because it sided with the papacy in the Investiture Controversy, the abbey was closed between 1103 and 1106.
		The abbey however declined during the 13th and 14th centuries and suffered during the Reformation.
	en.allexperts.com /e/p/pe/petershausen_abbey.htm (227 words)

	Assumption Abbey
		Einsiedeln was founded in 934, and it, in turn, claims as mother the even more ancient abbey of Reichenau, founded in 724.
		Abbeys existing for centuries enjoy a position in Church structure that seems sometimes to resist the neat code of canon law made for more modern religious congregations.
		About the abbey buildings there is nothing stiff or symmetrical: the courtyard is not an exact square and the abbey church is not the ostentatious centerpiece that other landmarks of the city are.
	www.assumptionabbey.com /AboutUs (1484 words)

	Blue Cloud Abbey
		The Blue Cloud Abbey's mission is to follow more closely The Rule of St. Benedict to PRAY, WORK and STUDY.
		Although Benedictine abbeys are governed independently by an abbot, each community is allowed to develop its own character.
		Einsiedeln Abbey, founded in the 10th century, is the motherhouse of St. Meinrad Archabbey.
	www.bluecloud.org /abbey.html (343 words)

	Einsiedeln - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Einsiedeln (Place of the Hermits), town in central Switzerland, in Schwyz Canton on the Alpbach stream, 887 m (2910 ft) above sea level, near...
		During his formative years, Zwingli was deeply influenced by the spirit of liberal humanism.
		Born in Einsiedeln (now in Switzerland), Paracelsus received a degree in medicine, possibly from the University of Vienna, and travelled widely in...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Einsiedeln.html (87 words)

	Einsiedeln, Switzerland, Pictures
		The town was originally the Benedictine abbey of Einsiedeln, which thousands of pilgrims have visited annually since the Middle Ages to worship before the statue of the Blessed Virgin, kept in the chapel of the abbey.
		Einsiedeln was originally under the protection of the counts of Rapperswil.
		Einsiedeln is the birthplace of the 16th-century physician Paracelsus.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Switzerland/Einsiedeln_town.html (241 words)

	Blog - Simply Sofie » Blog Archive » Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland - Heart and Wisdom + Smiles and ...
		We went to Einsiedeln on November 05, 2006 to see the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln which is also known as the Einsiedeln Abbey or “Kloster Einsiedeln“.
		Einsiedeln is a small municipality in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
		Einsiedeln is best known for its famous monastery, the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln.
	www.sofiehofmann.com /blog/2006/11/09/einsiedeln-abbey-in-switzerland (460 words)

	Theology - Kloster Einsiedeln (www.kloster-einsiedeln.ch)
		Since 1620 the Benedictine abbey of Einsiedeln has conducted a school of theology for its own clerics and for those of other abbeys.
		In 1996 the Roman Congregation of Studies licensed the affiliation of the Einsiedeln School of Theology with the Papal University St. Anselmo in Rome.
		All students are welcome who have a positive attitude toward the spiritual framework and the goals of the Einsiedeln abbey school of theology.
	dsb.z-online.ch /PPF/PublisherID/Kloster-Einsiedeln/KundenID/Kloster-Einsiedeln/VKundenID/Kloster-Einsiedeln/S/2/Anbieter/20667/Branche/5143/HG/6/L2Mnu/0/Level/3/NavigationLevel/0/OrigAnbieter/20667/PM/5/ShowNav/1/ShowSubNav/1/ShowTitle/1/DSB_MAIN_FMS.asp (284 words)

	Pongü's Switzerland Travel and Hotel Guide - Einsiedeln
		Einsiedeln is a small rural town situated on an extensive plateau at 882 meters (2,894 feet) above sea-level.
		Due to its world-wide reputation for beauty, Einsiedeln is highly touristic and you will sometimes feel inundated by waves of visitors arriving by coach, especially on catholic holidays.
		The area around the abbey is also the haunt of a varying number of professional beggars.
	www.pongu-travel.ch /switzerland/index.php?id=SZEinsiedeln (246 words)

	Einsiedeln, Switzerland
		The famous Swiss pilgrimage destination of Einsiedeln, situated in a high valley of the Pre-Alps between Lake Zurich and Lake Lucerne, has been a great focus of religion and culture for more than 1,000 years, and its magnificent conventual buildings are one of the peak achievements of Baroque architecture.
		In 937 Einsiedeln was made a royal abbey, and its abbot became a prince of the Empire.
		Einsiedeln later developed into an important area of intellectual activity, with a flourishing printing and publishing industry.
	www.planetware.com /switzerland/einsiedeln-ch-sz-ei.htm (334 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Huldrych Zwingli (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict and is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material compensation substantially in excess of that...
		Zwingli's willingness to leave Glarus greatly increased due to stronger pro-French sentiment there, given the fact that Zwingli at this period in his life was strongly on the side of the pope.
		Petition anent the Marriage of Priests, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, July 2, 1522.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Huldrych-Zwingli (7702 words)

	About the Saint Meinrad Archabbey
		The Benedictine tradition came to the Midwest in the 1850s, when the Swiss Abbey of Einsiedeln sent two monks to investigate whether to begin a foundation in this area.
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	www.abbeycaskets.com /archabbey.asp (180 words)

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