Rüti Monastery
Rüti Monastery respectively the so-called Amt Rüti around 1740, as seen from the Schanz bulwark, the present Rüti Reformed Church is situated in the background. | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Kloster Rüti; Prämonstratenserkloster Rüti; Kloster zu unserer lieben Frau; Kloster sancte Maria |
| Order | Premonstratensian |
| Established | 1206 |
| Disestablished | 1525 during the Reformation in Zürich |
| Mother house | Weissenau Abbey |
| Diocese | Schwaben |
| Controlled churches | Rüti (1206–1525), Uster (1438–1525), and further 12 parish churches |
| People | |
| Founder(s) | Liutold IV von Regensberg |
| Abbot | list of Abbots 1206–1525 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | dissolved |
| Functional status | Reformed church of the municipality of Rüti; municipal use as library, archives and so on (Amthaus); apartment buildings (Spitzerliegenschaft and former rectory) |
| Heritage designation | Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance |
| Site | |
| Location | Rüti, Canton of Zürich |
| Coordinates | 47°15′34″N 8°50′56″E / 47.2595°N 8.8490°E |
| Visible remains | church and three buildings |
| Public access | yes |
Rüti Monastery (German: Prämonstratenserkloster Rüti) was a former Premonstratensian monastery, founded in 1206 and suppressed in 1525 on occasion of the Reformation in Zürich, situated in the municipality of Rüti in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. The monastery's church was the final resting place of the Counts of Toggenburg, among them Count Friedrich VII and 13 other members of the Toggenburg family, and other noble families. Between 1206 and 1525, the monastery comprised 14 incorporated churches and the owner of extensive lands and estates at 185 localities.