Category:House of Toggenburg

**Counts of Toggenburg**
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Instance of	noble family;
Inception	1209;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1468;
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Deutsch: Die Grafen von Toggenburg waren ein Ostschweizer Adelsgeschlecht. Der Schwerpunkt ihrer Besitzungen lag in der Landschaft, die heute als «Toggenburg» ihren Namen trägt. Der Grafentitel ist seit 1209 urkundlich nachgewiesen. Stammsitz der Familie war die Alt-Toggenburg (Ruine in der Gemeinde Kirchberg, Kanton St. Gallen); die Mehrheit der hochrangigen Familienmitglieder wurde in der Toggenburgergruft im Kloster Rüti begraben.

English: The Counts of Toggenburg were a noble family from Eastern Switzerland. The focus of their possessions was the «Toggenburg» region, from which they adopted the family name. The counthip was given to them circa 1209, as the first source in which they're called counts was from this year. The family resided at Alt-Toggenburg (ruins in the community of Kirchberg, Canton of St. Gallen); the majority of high-ranking members of the family were buried in Toggenburgergruft in Rüti Monastery.