Documents and records of the former monastery are stored in the Abbey Archives. The most important part of the St. Gallen World Heritage site consists of the approximately 1,000 original documents dating from 700 to 1000 AD. The St. Gallen National Archives has been Switzerland’s official archives since 1803. As the largest of its kind in eastern Switzerland, the National Archives safeguards the country’s history and stores countless private archives as well.
