Alt St. Johann is a village in the Toggenburg region, since 2010 part of the municipality Wildhaus-Alt St.Johann in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland .
Alt St. Johann is historically the site of a monastery dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, first mentioned in 1152.
Around 1200 castle Starkenstein was built by the counts of Werdenberg-Montfort.
From 1414, the castle passed to the counts of Toggenburg, and after their extinction to St. Johann abbey.
A village Sant Johann is first mentioned 1439.
In 1626, St. Johann abbey was moved after a series of calamities to what is now Neu St. Johann near Nesslau; from this time, the village became known as Alt St. Johann to contrast with the new site of the monetary.
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