Pfäfers

The baroque monastery church and the old Bad Pfäfers in the Tamina Gorge are impressive in Pfäfers. According to a legend depicted on the ceiling of the sacristy, St. Pirmin moved to the area around 721.  He wanted to build a monastery in Marschlins above the Rhine. A workman was wounded, whereupon a white dove carried the bloody splinter up the wooded hill. Where she dropped it, Pirmin recognized the right place for the monastery. The former monastery church is now a popular destination and venue for various concerts in Pfäfers. Together with the mystical thermal water spring gorge, the museums and the restaurant, the Old Bad Pfäfers is a natural and cultural attraction with supra-regional appeal.   Hiking in a picturesque landscape - the Tamina Gorge and its surroundings are excellently suited for this and offer countless routes of varying degrees of difficulty. There is plenty to explore in the Pfäfers area. Another attraction is the statue of Cristo, which towers high above Bad Ragaz in the castle garden of the Hotel Schloss Wartenstein. What had been separated for a long time was united in June 2017: the Tamina Bridge connects the villages of Pfäfers and Valens at the entrance to the valley.  The arch of the bridge imposingly curves over the deep Tamina Gorge. The bridge is considered to be the largest arch bridge in Switzerland and is definitely worth a visit.