Dis­en­tis Abbey, found­ed in ca. 720, was already in ear­ly medieval times the cul­tur­al and polit­i­cal cen­tre of the area. Sit­u­at­ed on the road to the Luk­manier pass used by the Ger­man emper­ors on their way to Italy, Dis­en­tis became a place of inter­na­tion­al impor­tance in the high Mid­dle Ages and the prince abbot of Dis­en­tis was the lord of the Rhine val­ley. The muse­um on the grounds of the monastery give an insight into its his­to­ry.