School
One of the abbey's apostolates is a school (Gymnasium) for the seventh to twelfth grades which has existed in its present form since the 1840s or 50s. It is the continuation of a tradition of education that dates to the thirteenth century. Its distinguished alumni include Gall Morel, Franz Fassbind, Philipp Etter, Hans Hürlimann and his son Thomas Hürlimann, Bruno Frick, Anatole Taubman and Josef Ackermann.
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