Weesen is a village in See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Weesen, Switzerland
View of Weesen (on the lake shore) and the upper Linth valley
Holy Cross Church in Weesen
Aerial view from 100 m by Walter Mittelholzer (1919)
Weesen Abbey is a monastery of Dominican nuns located in Weesen in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. The Dominican convent is located at the foot of a terraced hillside in the middle of the town of Weesen on the effluence of the Maag respectively Linth from Walensee. Established in 1256, Weesen is the oldest Dominican friary of nuns in Switzerland. The buildings and the library respectively archives are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance.
Weesen Abbey