About 954 a protective wall was raised around the abbey by 975 abbot Notker finished the wall, and the adjoining settlement began growing into the town of St Gall. On 26 April 937 a fire consumed much of the abbey, spreading to the adjoining settlement. īetween 924 and 933 the Magyars again threatened the abbey, and its books were removed for safekeeping to Reichenau. While the monks and the abbey treasure escaped, Wiborada chose to stay behind and was killed by the raiders. Saint Wiborada, the first woman formally canonized by the Vatican, reportedly saw a vision of the impending attack and warned the monks and citizens to flee. In 926 Magyar raiders attacked the abbey and surrounding town. By the tenth century, a settlement had grown up around the abbey. The abbey prospered in the 9th century and became a site of pilgrimage and a center of trade, with associated guest houses, stables and other facilities, a hospital, one of the first monastery schools north of the Alps. The monastery itself was founded by Saint Othmar in c. The abbey is said to have been built at the site of the hermitage of Irish missionary Gallus, who according to legend had established himself by the river Steinach in AD 612. Gallen grew around the Abbey of St Gall, founded in the 8th century. 7.1 Heritage sites of national significance.It also functions as the gate to the Appenzellerland. The city has good transport links to the rest of the country and to neighbouring Germany and Austria. The official language of St. Gallen is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. The Abbey's renowned library contains books from the 9th century. The main tourist attraction is the Abbey of Saint Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Gallen, one of the best business schools in Europe. The city is home of the University of St. Its economy consists mainly of the service sector. Today, it is a large urban agglomeration (with around 167,000 inhabitants in 2019) and represents the center of eastern Switzerland. It evolved from the hermitage of Saint Gall, founded in the 7th century. info) English: St Gallen French: Saint-Gall Italian: San Gallo Romansh: Son Gagl) is a Swiss city and the capital of the canton of St. Gallen.St. Gallen or traditionally St Gall, in German sometimes Sankt Gallen ( Sankt Gallen ( help
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