Elsau

Title

Elsau

Also Known As

Elnesouva, Elsow

Dates

Founded 13th century; Premonstratensian from the 1390s

Affiliation

Rüti

Circary

Swabia

History

In the 1390s, Donat, count of Toggenburg, gave the church of Elsau to the Premonstratensian abbey of Rüti. It remained in the abbey's possession until 1325.

Status

Parish church

Archival Sources

Zürich, Staartsarchiv des Kantons Zürich

C II 16, no. 215 (1398)

Reference

MP, I: 81

Files

Collection

Swabia

Citation

“Elsau,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/1049.

Geolocation

Item Relations

This Item DependentOn Item: Rüti