Situated at the junction of the Tamina and
Rhine 
valleys, it flourished as a religious house and owner of lands and serfs, as well as assuming extraordinary importance as a political and cultural centre of the
Chur 
–Raetian region.
History
Middle Ages
According to the chronicles of Hermann of Reichenau, Pfäfers Abbey was founded from
Reichenau Abbey 
in 731, as
Monasterium Fabariense (Latin for
bean field); the first monks came from Reichenau. The founding legend refers to the itinerant bishop Saint Pirmin, with the first documentary mention of the abbey in 762.