page_title: Pfäfers Abbey
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Pfäfers Abbey / History
context_page_description: Pfäfers Abbey, also known as St. Pirminsberg from its position on a mountain, was a Benedictine monastery in Pfäfers near Bad Ragaz, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  Situated at the junction of the Tamina and Rhine valleys, it flourished as a religious house and owner of lands and serfs, as well as assuming extraordinary importance as a political and cultural centre of the Chur–Raetian region.
caption: Abbey and Bad Ragaz.
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