St. Gallen, vom Rosenberg aus gesehen.

Title

St. Gallen, vom Rosenberg aus gesehen.

Description

View shows the Swiss city of St. Gallen as seen from the Rosenberg.
Charnaur Frères & Lie publishing house in Geneva.

ca. 1880

Artist

Anonymus

Historical Description

The founding legend of Saint Gall is dated to the year 612 AD. The founding of the Abbey of St. Gallen is documented by Otmar in 719. In 1180 St. Gallen became an imperial city. In 1291 Abbot Wilhelm von Montfort granted the town's burgers the rights laid down in a "handful". In 1319 a federation was founded with the cities of Lindau and Überlingen, which was expanded into the Lake Constance region in the course of the following centuries. In 1349 the plague broke out in the city. The Appenzell and the Schwyz signed a land law in 1403 to lead the freedom struggle against the prince abbot. It was only King Ruprecht who declared the Lake Constance Federation dissolved. On June 23, 1454, the St. Gallers swore to join the Confederation, for which they had to pay the abbot a transfer fee in 1457. The Reformation accepted by the city led to a long-standing dispute between the citizens / city and the prince abbot in the monastery courtyard, who owned the entire, now Catholic, surrounding area. This dispute was only settled after the canton was founded.