Einsiedeln Abbey Church public guided tour
You will learn interesting facts about the history of the monastery church. You will also visit the monastery library, which is not open to the public.
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Highlights
- Visit the monastery church in Einsiedeln
- Find out about the history of the Benedictine monastery
- Marvel at the black Madonna in the Chapel of Mercy
- Take a look at the extensive abbey library
Description
You are visiting a public, German-speaking guided tour of the monastery in Einsiedeln. You will also be shown the otherwise inaccessible abbey library, which contains about 20,000 of the 230,000 printed books, manuscripts, and early printed works from the dawn of the book printing art.
A slide show about the history and life of the monastic community will complement this tour from 15:30 onwards.
Inclusions
1:15 h tour of Einsiedeln Abbey
Visit to the Abbey Library
SlideVision about the history and life of the monastic community (afterwards)
Meeting point
Tourist Office Einsiedeln, Hauptstrasse 85, 8840 Einsiedeln
Hauptstrasse 85, 8840 Einsiedeln, Schweiz
Provider
Operated by
Einsiedeln-Ybrig-Zürichsee AG
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Reviews
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For me, it was a very good guided tour, even though, as a long-time resident of Einsiedeln (Matura 1964), I already knew quite a lot. On today's visit, I brought along a young man from the neighbourhood who had never been to Einsiedeln before. It was an interesting experience for both of us.
Anton
19 Sept 2026
Wunderbar
Altin
22 Aug 2026
