Cultural Monastery Altdorf

2 August 2019

The Monastery of All Saints (Aller Heiligen) was founded in 1581 by the Capuchin Order. The monastery was the first settlement of the Capuchins north of the Alps in 1581, followed by the establishment of monasteries in the Catholic cantons of Unterwalden, Schwyz, Lucerne, Solothurn, and Appenzell, in response to the Reformation.

The Capuchins stayed in the monastery for more than four centuries. They left in 2009. The monastery is now a cultural centre, known as Kulturkloster Altdorf.

(Further information: https://kulturkloster.ch).