Disentis Abbey

Imperial Abbey of Disentis
*Reichskloster Disentis* (German)
*Abbazia Imperiale di Disentis* (Italian)
*Claustra Imperiala da Mustér* (Romansh)
Imperial Abbey of Disentis Reichskloster Disentis (German); Abbazia Imperiale di Disentis (Italian); Claustra Imperiala da Mustér (Romansh)
8th century–1846
	Coat of arms
Status	Imperial Abbey
Capital	Disentis Abbey
Common languages	Romansh, Highest Alemannic
Government	Theocracy
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Founded	ca 720
• Gained immediacy	probably 8th century
• Grey League founded	1395
• Grey League became; Swiss associate	; 1497
• Joined Swiss Congregation	1617
• Burned and plundered; by French troops	; 1799
• Placed under state; control by Grisons	1846
• Abbey restored	1880
	Succeeded by
Grisons
Today part of	Switzerland

Disentis Abbey (German: Reichskloster Disentis) is a Benedictine monastery in the Canton of Grisons in eastern Switzerland, around which the present town of Disentis (Romansh: Mustér) grew up.

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