Schänis Abbey [SEP] dissolved or abolished
the Old Swiss Confederacy in 1798 Schänis Abbey, by the operation of the Act of Mediation of 1803, lost all its feudal rights and was gradually forced to dispose of all possessions outside the canton of St. Gallen. In 1811 the Great Council of the canton dissolved the abbey. The community buildings were sold at auction and the church was taken over for the use of the parish.
References.
- Bernhard Anderes: "Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kantons St. Gallen. Bd. V. Der Bezirk Gaster". (Die Kunstdenkmäler
- Schänis Abbey (dissolved) at Schänis (St. Gallen): women's collegiate foundation ("Damenstift")
- Schönenwerd Priory (dissolved) at Schönenwerd (Solothurn): unknown rule; later a men's collegiate foundation ("Herrenstift")
- Schönthal Abbey, Basle, (dissolved) in Langenbruck (Basle): Benedictine nuns
- Selnau Priory or Abbey in Zurich: Cistercian nuns
- Sembrancher Abbey at Vollèges (Valais): Trappist monks and nuns
- Sion Priory or Abbey near Klingnau