Austrian Congregation
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The Austrian Congregation is a congregation of Benedictine monasteries situated in Austria
, within the Benedictine Confederation
.
, and consisted of eleven Benedictine monasteries in Austria:
The diocese also then included two further monasteries, the locations of which are now in Bavaria
in Germany
:
Salzburg was secularised and became part of Austria in 1816.
in the 1780s.
Some survived, however, and the 19th century brought a revival in the monastic movement. The two congregations were renewed by Pope Leo XIII on 23 August 1889 as the Congregations of Mary and Joseph respectively, and were combined as the present Austrian Congregation by Pope Pius XI
on 8 December 1930.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, within the Benedictine Confederation
Benedictine Confederation
The Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict is the international governing body of the Order of Saint Benedict.-Origin:...
.
History
The Congregation was founded on 3 August 1625 by Pope Urban VIIIPope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII , born Maffeo Barberini, was pope from 1623 to 1644. He was the last pope to expand the papal territory by force of arms, and was a prominent patron of the arts and reformer of Church missions...
, and consisted of eleven Benedictine monasteries in Austria:
- Altenburg AbbeyAltenburg AbbeyAltenburg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg in Lower Austria.It was founded in 1144 by Countess Hildeburg of Boigen-Rebgau. Under the abbots Maurus Boxler and Placidus Much the abbey took on its present Baroque form...
- Garsten AbbeyGarsten AbbeyGarsten Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Garsten near Steyr in Upper Austria. It is now a prison.-History:The abbey was founded in 1080-82 by Ottokar II of Styria as a community of secular canons and as a dynastic burial place for his family...
- Gleink AbbeyGleink AbbeyGleink Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located at the city of Steyr in Austria.-Benedictine abbey:It was founded in the early 12th century, shortly after the foundation of Garsten Abbey, by the local nobleman, Arnhalm I of Glunich, who gave his castle for conversion to a monastery...
- Göttweig AbbeyGöttweig AbbeyGöttweig Abbey is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria.-History:Göttweig Abbey was founded as a monastery of canons regular by Blessed Altmann, Bishop of Passau...
- Kleinmariazell Abbey
- Kremsmünster AbbeyKremsmünster AbbeyKremsmünster Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria.-History:The monastery was founded in 777 by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria...
- Lambach AbbeyLambach AbbeyLambach Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Lambach in Austria.-History:A monastery was founded in about 1040 by Bishop Adalbero of Würzburg , which since 1056 has been a Benedictine abbey. During the 17th and 18th centuries a great deal of work in the Baroque style was carried out, much of it by...
- Melk AbbeyMelk AbbeyMelk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world's most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley....
- Mondsee AbbeyMondsee AbbeyMondsee Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in Mondsee in Upper Austria.-History:The region of the Mondseeland, in which Mondsee is located, was formerly part of Bavaria. In 748 Mondsee Abbey was founded by Odilo, Duke of Bavaria. The abbey tradition was that the first monks came from Monte Cassino...
- Schottenstift, ViennaSchottenstift, ViennaThe Schottenstift or Scottish Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery founded in Vienna in 1155 when Henry II brought Irish monks to Vienna. The monks did not come directly from Ireland, but came instead from St Jakob's, the Irish monastery in Regensburg, Germany...
- Seitenstetten AbbeySeitenstetten AbbeySeitenstetten Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.-History:...
Salzburg Congregation
These were however not all the Benedictine monasteries of present-day Austria. Those in the Diocese of Salzburg were formed in 1641 into the Salzburg Congregation, consisting of:- Admont AbbeyAdmont AbbeyAdmont Abbey is a foundation of the Benedictines on the River Enns in the town of Admont in Austria and is the oldest remaining monastery in Styria...
- Michaelbeuern AbbeyMichaelbeuern AbbeyMichaelbeuern Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Dorfbeuern near Salzburg in Austria.-History:A monastic cell existed here as early as 736 or thereabouts, referred to in the Aachen Monastery Register in 817 as "Buria". Afterthe Hungarian wars, reconstruction began in 977 with an endowment from...
- Ossiach AbbeyOssiach AbbeyOssiach Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Ossiach near Feldkirchen in Kärnten in the Austrian state of Carinthia.-History:...
- St. Paul's Abbey in the LavanttalSt. Paul's Abbey in the LavanttalSt. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Sankt Paul im Lavanttal in the Austrian state of Carinthia.-History:...
- St. Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
The diocese also then included two further monasteries, the locations of which are now in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
:
- St. Vitus' Abbey on the RottSt. Vitus' Abbey on the RottSt. Vitus' Abbey on the Rott was a Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Neumarkt-Sankt Veit in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria, Germany....
- Seeon AbbeySeeon AbbeySeeon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Seeon-Seebruck in the rural district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany.-History:...
Salzburg was secularised and became part of Austria in 1816.
Later history
Several of these abbeys ceased to exist as a result of the dissolution of monasteries enforced by Emperor Joseph IIJoseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I...
in the 1780s.
Some survived, however, and the 19th century brought a revival in the monastic movement. The two congregations were renewed by Pope Leo XIII on 23 August 1889 as the Congregations of Mary and Joseph respectively, and were combined as the present Austrian Congregation by Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI , born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was Pope from 6 February 1922, and sovereign of Vatican City from its creation as an independent state on 11 February 1929 until his death on 10 February 1939...
on 8 December 1930.
Present Congregation
The Austrian Congregation (as of 2006) consists of the following monasteries in Austria:- Admont AbbeyAdmont AbbeyAdmont Abbey is a foundation of the Benedictines on the River Enns in the town of Admont in Austria and is the oldest remaining monastery in Styria...
- Altenburg AbbeyAltenburg AbbeyAltenburg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg in Lower Austria.It was founded in 1144 by Countess Hildeburg of Boigen-Rebgau. Under the abbots Maurus Boxler and Placidus Much the abbey took on its present Baroque form...
- Göttweig AbbeyGöttweig AbbeyGöttweig Abbey is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria.-History:Göttweig Abbey was founded as a monastery of canons regular by Blessed Altmann, Bishop of Passau...
- Gut Aich PrioryGut Aich PrioryGut Aich Priory is a Benedictine monastery in St. Gilgen in Austria.It was founded in 1993 and was formally recognised as an independent monastery on 11 July 2004 by the Presiding Abbot of the Austrian Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation, of which it is a member.A special task of the...
- Kremsmünster AbbeyKremsmünster AbbeyKremsmünster Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria.-History:The monastery was founded in 777 by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria...
- Lambach AbbeyLambach AbbeyLambach Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Lambach in Austria.-History:A monastery was founded in about 1040 by Bishop Adalbero of Würzburg , which since 1056 has been a Benedictine abbey. During the 17th and 18th centuries a great deal of work in the Baroque style was carried out, much of it by...
- Melk AbbeyMelk AbbeyMelk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world's most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley....
- Michaelbeuern AbbeyMichaelbeuern AbbeyMichaelbeuern Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Dorfbeuern near Salzburg in Austria.-History:A monastic cell existed here as early as 736 or thereabouts, referred to in the Aachen Monastery Register in 817 as "Buria". Afterthe Hungarian wars, reconstruction began in 977 with an endowment from...
- Schottenstift, ViennaSchottenstift, ViennaThe Schottenstift or Scottish Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery founded in Vienna in 1155 when Henry II brought Irish monks to Vienna. The monks did not come directly from Ireland, but came instead from St Jakob's, the Irish monastery in Regensburg, Germany...
- Seitenstetten AbbeySeitenstetten AbbeySeitenstetten Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.-History:...
- St. Joseph's Priory, Maria RoggendorfSt. Joseph's Priory, Maria RoggendorfSt. Joseph's Priory, Maria Roggendorf is a Benedictine priory located in the long-established pilgrimage centre of Maria Roggendorf in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria....
- St. Lambrecht's AbbeySt. Lambrecht's AbbeySt. Lambrecht's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Sankt Lambrecht in the Styrian Grebenzen nature reserve in Austria. The monastery is located 1,072 meters above sea level.-History:...
- St. Paul's Abbey in the LavanttalSt. Paul's Abbey in the LavanttalSt. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Sankt Paul im Lavanttal in the Austrian state of Carinthia.-History:...
- St. Peter's Archabbey, SalzburgSt. Peter's Archabbey, SalzburgSt Peter's Archabbey, otherwise St Peter's Abbey in Salzburg is a Benedictine monastery in Austria. It is considered one of the oldest monasteries in the German-speaking area, if not in fact the oldest.-History:...
, which also administers the student house Kolleg St. Benedikt.