Beinwil Abbey

[1] After conflicts arising from the territorial claims of the towns of Solothurn and Basel against the Counts of Thierstein, who acted as the abbey's Vögte (reeve), it was burnt down in 1445.

As no monastic revival could be achieved due to its remoteness, it was decided to re-settle the community to the newly founded Mariastein Abbey nearby at an important pilgrimage site in 1648.

From the late 18th century, it was finally possible to revive the Beinwil Abbey out of Mariastein, and during this period the church and the monastic premises were rebuilt.

The abbey church, dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa was destroyed by fire in 1978.

The local catholic parish continues to use the abbey church, with the monastery using the crypt for their liturgy.