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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 135 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EINSIEDELN , the most populous See also:

town in the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Schwyz. It is built on the right See also:bank of the Alpbach (an affluent of the Sihl), at a height of 2908 ft. above the See also:sea-level on a rather See also:bare moorland, and by See also:rail is 25 M. S.E. of See also:Zurich, or by a See also:round-about railway route about 38 m. See also:north of Schwyz, with which it communicates directly over the Hacken Pass (4649 ft.) or the Holzegg Pass (4616 ft.). In 'goo the populati9n was 8496, all (See also:save 75) Romanists and all (save See also:Ili) See also:German-speaking. The town is entirely dependent on the See also:great See also:Benedictine See also:abbey that rises slightly above it to the See also:east. See also:Close to its See also:present site Meinrad, a See also:hermit, was murdered in 861 by two robbers, whose See also:crime was made known by Meinrad's two pet ravens. Earlyin the loth See also:century See also:Benno, a hermit, rebuilt the See also:holy See also:man's See also:cell, but the abbey proper was not founded till about 934, the See also:church having been consecrated (it is said by See also:Christ Himself) in 948. In 1274 the dignity of a See also:prince of the Holy See also:Roman See also:Empire was confirmed by the See also:emperor to the reigning See also:abbot. Originally under the See also:protection of the See also:counts of Rapperswil (to which town on the See also:lake of Zurich the old pilgrims' way still leads over the Etzel Pass, 3146 ft., with its See also:chapel and See also:inn), this position passed by See also:marriage with their heiress in 1295 to the Laufenburg or See also:cadet See also:line of the Habsburgs, but from 1386 was permanently occupied by Schwyz. A See also:black wooden See also:image of the Virgin and the fame of St Meinrad caused the throngs of pilgrims to resort to Einsiedeln in the See also:middle ages, and even now it is much frequented, particularly about the 14th of See also:September. The existing buildings date from the 18th century only, while the See also:treasury and the library still contain many See also:precious See also:objects, despite the See also:sack by the See also:French in 1798. There are now about roo fully professed monks, who See also:direct several educational institutions.

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special chapel in the stately church. See also:Zwingli was the See also:parish See also:priest of Einsiedeln 1516—1518 (before he became a See also:Protestant), while near the town See also:Paracelsus (1493-1541), the celebrated philosopher, was See also:born. See See also:Father O. Ringholz, Geschichte d. furstl. Benediktinerstiftes Einsiedeln, vol. i. (to 1526), (Einsiedeln, 1904). (W. A. B.

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