Category:Toggenburgergruft

English: In 1436, en:Count Friedrich VII of Toggenburg died, and was buried in 1439 or 1442 in a chapel (Toggenburger Kapelle) given by his noble wife, Elisabeth von Mätsch. A large number of the members of the Toggenburg family was buried in the so-called Toggenburger Gruft underneath the church of the Rüti Abbey, a burial vault (tomb) where is as of today the entrance hall to the Reformed church in Rüti (Switzerland). In addition there was a large number of members of noble families/knights living nearby (Regensberg family excluded) and the families of the latter Amtsmann from 1525-1789. Most of these gravestones are lost, destroyed (probably the ones of the nobilities in June 1443 by the Swiss troops in the Old Zürich War), or were re-used for buildings etc.