![In June 1712 the “Klostervogt” of Magdenau was executed. He had certainly aggravated the conflict between the denominations. Illustration by Marco Heer.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/illu-4-300x225.jpg)
Off with his head!
On 9 June 1712, Christoph Lieber lost his head. A prominent Catholic Klostervogt (abbey bailiff), Lieber was one of the reasons why the conflict between the Swiss denominations flared up again at the beginning of the 18th century.
![In October 1531, Protestants and Catholics met in battle in Kappel. The Protestants suffered a crushing defeat.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/zweiter-kappelerkrieg-e1651755906317-300x136.jpg)
![Leodegar Bürgisser, prince-abbot of St Gallen Monastery, in an 18th-century painting.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/leodegar-244x300.jpg)
![Magdenau Monastery is on the list of items of cultural heritage of national significance.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/kloster-magdenau-300x208.jpg)
![Letter from Christoph Lieber to the abbot of St Gallen Monastery, 31 May 1712.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Brief-Lieber-251x300.jpg)