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Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland (the former municipalities of Alt St. Johann and Wildhaus merged on 1 January 2010). ==History== Alt St. Johann is historically the site of a monastery dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, first mentioned in 1152. Around 1200 castle ''Starkenstein'' was built by the counts of Werdenberg-Montfort. From 1414, the castle passed to the counts of Toggenburg, and after their extinction to St. Johann abbey. A village ''Sant Johann'' is first mentioned 1439. In 1626, St. Johann abbey was moved after a series of calamities to what is now ''Neu St. Johann'' near Nesslau; from this time, the village became known as ''Alt St. Johann'' ("Old Saint John's") to contrast with the new site of the monetary.〔 The municipalities of Alt St. Johann and Wildhaus merged into the municipality of Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann on 1 January 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alt St. Johann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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