Wurmsbach Abbey

Wurmsbach Abbey (Kloster Mariazell-Wurmsbach) is a monastery of Cistercian nuns located in Bollingen, a locality of Rapperswil-Jona, in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Count Rudolf of Rapperswil gave his castle of Wurmsbach together with a considerable area of land in 1259 for the foundation of a religious house and the abbey was established.

During the first Battle of Villmergen in 1656 and again during the occupation of the region by the French Revolutionary Army in 1799, the nuns were obliged to flee.

It overlooks uper Lake Zürich and the church is listed as a building of historical significance.

Gardening takes a great deal of time because the land owned by the abbey is considerable.

Mariazell-Wursmbach Abbey (April 2011)
As seen from Jona (October 2009)
Church and portal (October 2009)
North view of the church, abbey, and guest-house. Pen and ink drawing by Johannes Rudolf Rahn, 1859