Disentis Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Disentis Reichskloster Disentis (German) Abbazia Imperiale di Disentis (Italian) Claustra Imperiala da Mustér (Romansh)
8th century–1846
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Status	Imperial Abbey
Capital	Disentis Abbey
Common languages	Romansh, Highest Alemannic
Government	Theocracy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Founded	ca 720
• Gained immediacy	probably 8th century
• Grey League founded	1395
• Grey League became     Swiss associate	1497
• Joined Swiss Congregation	1617
• Burned and plundered     by French troops	1799
• Placed under state     control by Grisons	1846
• Abbey restored	1880
Succeeded by Grisons
Today part of	Switzerland

Disentis Abbey (‹See Tfd›German: Reichskloster Disentis) is a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Grisons in eastern Switzerland, around which the present town of Disentis (Romansh: Mustér) grew up.