Annual Exhibition Abbey Archives 2020
Folcwin’s legacy – a private archive from early medieval Rhaetia
Annual exhibition in the exhibition space of the St Gall Abbey Archives
10 January 2020 to 26 January 2021
The St Gall Abbey Archives have kept a real gem in their collection for the past 1200 years: the only private archive of the Early Middle Ages. A dossier containing 27 documents provides a unique insight into the world of the local official Folcwin, who was administrator of the Rhaetian Drusus Valley. It is clear that Folcwin conducted private transactions in the area surrounding his residence in the Walgau region of Vorarlberg. Nevertheless, he left his written heritage to the St Gall Abbey Archives. Only there did these documents have a chance of being preserved for future generations.
