THE FISCHINGEN MONASTERY AND ITS HISTORY

The Fischingen monastery was founded in 1138 by the Bishop of Constance Ulrich II as a pilgrimage station. Since Fischingen is on the Way of St. James, thousands of pilgrims have had their pilgrim passports and blessings stamped in Fischingen over the centuries.

The lighthouse in the pine cone country

In 1856, Catholic citizens from the area founded the Sankt Iddazell Association. They bought the Fischingen monastery complex from the canton and built an orphanage and a school there. The Sankt Iddazell association is now called the Fischingen Monastery Association. He is still the secular owner of the monastery complex.

His goal is to preserve the unique cultural monument through donations and as much self-efficacy as possible. The beautiful baroque buildings and rooms were restored and made usable in several stages over the years with a lot of private commitment, donations and help from the state and church. Today the association runs the new seminar and holiday hotel, the pilgrim hostel, a catering facility with a restaurant, seminar and banquet rooms, a special needs school and a carpentry shop in the monastery buildings. He employs over 70 people. The Kloster Fischingen AG brewery (founded in 2014) was initiated and financed by 3 investors. The brewery in the risalit of the commercial part of the monastery wants to create additional awareness through rent, revenue sharing and advertising for the beers and make a contribution to the economic viability and preservation of this cultural monument of national importance.

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Benedictine community

Since 1977, Fischingen has been the only monastery in Thurgau run by monks. The Benedictine community lives in the east wing. They work as pastors, village priests and teachers, looking after Jacob's pilgrims and guests who retreat to monastic peace for a few days. They offer retreats and ZEN seminars in beautiful meditation rooms.

The offers of the Benedictine community:

  • daily choir prayers, masses
  • be a guest at the
  • Benedictine meditation days

  • Pilgrim support on the Way of St. James
  • Pilgrim hostel
  • Pilgrim blessing
  • Compostela Fischingensis

PILGRIM helps the PILGRIMERS

Centuries ago, a beer after a long day's walk was a welcome, strengthening and popular thirst quencher. We continue this tradition in the monastery brewery: Pilgrims on the Way of St. James receive a free can of PILGRIM KLOSTER AMBER at the PILGRIM brewery to accompany the special pilgrim stamp in the pilgrim pass as a thirst quencher or as food.
If the brewery is closed, you can also get a free can of PILGRIM KLOSTER AMBER against the pilgrim pass at the monastery reception.