Eschenbach Abbey, Cistercian monastery in Eschenbach, Switzerland.

Eschenbach Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in Eschenbach, Switzerland, consisting of a large building complex that includes a parish church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a mortuary chapel. The buildings maintain their historic character and serve the religious community living there.

The abbey was founded in 1290 for Augustinian nuns and moved to its current location in Obereschenbach in 1309. The community became Cistercian in 1588 and has shaped religious life at this place since then.

The religious community here follows the Rule of Saint Benedict and shapes the spiritual life of the place. Visitors can observe this living tradition through daily practices and in how the spaces are arranged and used.

The abbey stands at Freiherrenweg 11 in Obereschenbach, on the site the nuns moved to in 1309. It is an active Cistercian community of seven sisters, so visits are arranged around the monastic day and the church is shared with the parish. The guest house dates from 1612 and was enlarged in 1683.

The sundial added to the guest house in 1683 is described in the sources as the largest of its kind in Switzerland. The guest house itself was first built in 1612 and refurbished and extended in that same year, 1683.