Imperial Abbey of Disentis | |||||||
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8th century–1846 | |||||||
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 | ||||||
1497 | |||||||
• Joined Swiss Congregation | 1617 | ||||||
1799 | |||||||
1846 | |||||||
• Abbey restored | 1880 | ||||||
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Today part of | Switzerland |
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.