Disentis Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Disentis
Reichskloster Disentis (German)
Abbazia Imperiale di Disentis (Italian)
Claustra Imperiala da Mustér (Romansh)
8th century–1846
Coat of arms of Disentis Abbey
Coat of arms
Location of Disentis Abbey
StatusImperial Abbey
CapitalDisentis Abbey
Common languagesRomansh, Highest Alemannic
GovernmentTheocracy
Historical eraMiddle 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 ofSwitzerland

Disentis Abbey (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.