| EMU RABe 526 «SOB-Flirt» makes the shuttle service Waedenswil to Einsiedeln. Many visitors go to Einsiedeln Abbey, which is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits. In 1854 a colony from the Einsiedeln abbey was sent to the United States to minister to the local German-speaking population. From St. Meinrad Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana, which was the first settlement, daughter-houses were founded and in 1881 these were formed into the Swiss-American Congregation, which now comprised 15 monasteries from Canada in the north down to Guatemala. |