Einsiedlerhaus
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| Native name Einsiedlerhaus | |
Lakeshore at the Kapuzinerkloster and Endingen in Rapperswil: Einsiedlerhaus and Endingerturm gate, Lindenhof hill and the Rapperswil Castle in the background, as seen from Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG) ship MS Helvetia on Zürichsee.
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| Location | Endingerstrasse 7, 8640 Rapperswil |
| Coordinates | 47°13′36″N 8°48′17″E / 47.22667°N 8.80472°ECoordinates: 47°13′36″N 8°48′17″E / 47.22667°N 8.80472°E |
| Built | probably first mentioned 981 AD |
| Architectural style(s) | European Medieval |
| Governing body | Einsiedeln Abbey |
Einsiedlerhaus is a historic building with an adjoint garden which is part of the former town wall of the medieval Swiss town of Rapperswil in the Canton of St. Gallen.
Situated on Zürichsee lake shore, Einsiedlerhaus is the eastern extension of the Capuchin abbey's fortification (German: Kapuzinerkloster) at the so-called Endingen area, located below the Lindenhof hill. The probably 13th-century building, or maybe built two centuries before, is separated from the monastery by a tower gate named Endingertor and also houses one of the rose gardens in Rapperswil.
The Zürichsee lake shore area of Endingen was given by the Einsiedeln Abbey to the Counts of Rapperswil as a fief – the abbey is still owner of the land, including the area where the 16th-century Capuchin monastery was built. That's why the building traditionally was named Einsiedlerhaus, meaning "house of the Einsiedeln abbey". Historians mention a 10th-century ferry station located there – in 981 AD as well as the vineyard on the Lindenhof hill – between Kempraten on Kempratnerbucht, Lützelau and Ufenau islands and assumably present Hurden, which allowed the pilgrims towards Einsiedeln to cross the lake before the prehistoric lake crossing at the Seedamm isthmus was re-built between 1358 and 1360. Endingen was also the location of the former locus Endingen, meaning a small fishing village before the town of Rapperswil was established between 1200 and 1220. That's why some historians conclude that the Einsiedlerhaus may be the oldest stone building in present Rapperswil. The western lake shore town wall respectively fortifications of Rapperswil probably were built in the early 13th century by Rudolf II von Rapperswil. With the rise of the town, the monastic governor in Pfäffikon used the building as storage of goods that were sold at the Rapperswil market.
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