List of Christian religious houses in Austria
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This is an incomplete list of Christian
religious houses in Austria
, including those in territory historically Austrian but now in other countries, both for men and for women, whether or not still extant. All those so far listed are Roman Catholic.
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religious houses in Austria
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...
, including those in territory historically Austrian but now in other countries, both for men and for women, whether or not still extant. All those so far listed are Roman Catholic.
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- 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...
at AdmontAdmontAdmont is a town in Styria, Austria, with a population of 2775 . It is historically most notable for Admont Abbey, a monastery founded in 1074.-External links:* *...
(Styria): Benedictine monks (and earlier also nuns) - Aggsbach CharterhouseAggsbach CharterhouseAggsbach Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery in Aggsbach Dorf in Schönbühel-Aggsbach in Lower Austria.The monastery was founded in 1380 by Heidenreich von Maissau. It was dissolved in 1782 in the reforms of Emperor Joseph II. The premises were mostly converted for use as a castle, except...
(dissolved) at AggsbachAggsbachAggsbach is a small wine-growing town in the Krems-Land district of Lower Austria, Austria. As of 2001, it has a population of 714 and an area of 13.72 km.²...
(Lower Austria): CarthusianCarthusianThe Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
s - 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...
at AltenburgAltenburg, Lower AustriaAltenburg is a municipality in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria....
(Lower Austria): Benedictine monks - Altmünster, see Traunkirchen Abbey
- Ardagger Priory (dissolved) at ArdaggerArdaggerArdagger is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria....
(Lower Austria): men's collegiate foundation - Arnoldstein Abbey (dissolved) at ArnoldsteinArnoldsteinArnoldstein is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.-Location:Arnoldstein is located at Austria's southern border between the Carnic Alps and the Karawanken mountain range, near the confluence of the Gailitz and the Gail River...
(Carinthia): Benedictine monks
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- Bad Gleichenberg Friary at Bad GleichenbergBad GleichenbergBad Gleichenberg is a municipality in the district of Feldbach in Styria, Austria....
(Styria): FranciscanFranciscanMost Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
friars - Baumgartenberg Abbey (dissolved) at BaumgartenbergBaumgartenbergBaumgartenberg is a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.-Geography:Baumgarten lies at 237 meters. The extension is 4.5 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 6.8 kilometers. The total area is 15.7 kilometers ²...
(Upper Austria): Cistercian monks; now used by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and Franciscan friars - Bertholdstein AbbeyBertholdstein AbbeyBertholdstein Abbey, or St. Gabriel's Abbey, is a Benedictine nunnery at Bertholdstein in Styria, Austria.The nunnery was founded in 1889 in Prague and was raised to the rank of an abbey in 1893. St. Gabriel’s was the first women’s community to join the Beuronese Congregation within the...
at FehringFehringFehring is a municipality in the district of Feldbach in Styria, Austria.The landscape are rolling hills cutted by the valley of the Raab. Fehring is on a socket some meters above the valley floor.The town is bordered to the east by Burgenland....
(Styria): Benedictine nuns - Capuchin friary, BludenzBludenzBludenz is a town in the state of Vorarlberg in Austria. The town, surrounded by mountains, lies at the meeting point of five different valleys: The Klostertal, The Montafon, The Walgau, The Brandnertal, The Groß Walsertal....
(Vorarlberg): Capuchin friars
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- Dürnstein Priory (dissolved) at DürnsteinDürnsteinDürnstein is a small town on the Danube river in the Krems-Land district, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is one of the most visited tourist destinations in the Wachau region and also a well-known wine growing area...
in the WachauWachauThe Wachau is an Austrian valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located midway between the towns of Melk and Krems that also attracts "connoisseurs and epicureans". It is in length and was already...
(Lower Austria): Augustinian Canons
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- Engelszell AbbeyEngelszell AbbeyEngelszell Abbey is a Trappist monastery, the only one in Austria. It was formerly a Cistercian monastery, and is located near Engelhartszell an der Donau in the Innviertel in Upper Austria.-Cistercians:...
at Engelhartszell an der DonauEngelhartszell an der DonauEngelhartszell an der Donau is a municipality in the district of Schärding in Upper Austria, Austria....
(Upper Austria): TrappistTRAPPISTTRAPPIST is Belgian robotic telescope in Chile which came online in 2010, and is an acronym for TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope, so named in homage to Trappist beer produced in the Belgian region. Situated high in the Chilean mountains at La Silla Observatory, it is actually...
monks, formerly Cistercian monks - Enns Friary at EnnsEnnsEnns may refer to:* Enns , Upper Austria, Austria* Enns , a surname* Enns , a southern tributary of the Danube River...
(Upper Austria): Franciscan friars, formerly Minorites
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- Gaming CharterhouseGaming CharterhouseGaming Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery in Gaming near Scheibbs in the Mostviertel of Lower Austria.The monastery was founded in 1330 by Albert II, Duke of Austria, who intended it as a dynastic burial place. He himself was buried there after his death in 1358, as was his wife Johanna...
(dissolved) at Gaming in ScheibbsScheibbsScheibbs is a town in Austria. It is in the Scheibbs district of Lower Austria.Scheibbs is the birthplace of West Bromwich Albion football player Paul Scharner....
(Upper Austria): Carthusians - 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...
(dissolved) at GarstenGarstenGarsten is a municipality in the district of Steyr-Land in Upper Austria, Austria....
(Upper Austria): Benedictine monks - Geras AbbeyGeras AbbeyGeras Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery in Geras in Lower Austria. Since 1783 it has also owned the premises of the former Pernegg Abbey nearby.-History:...
at GerasGerasIn Greek mythology, Geras was the god of old age. It was considered a virtue whereby the more gēras a man acquired, the more kleos and arete he was considered to have. According to Hesiod, Gēras was a son of Nyx. Hyginus adds that his father was Erebus. He was depicted as a tiny shriveled-up old...
(Lower Austria): PremonstratensianPremonstratensianThe Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines, or in Britain and Ireland as the White Canons , are a Catholic religious order of canons regular founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg...
canons - 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...
(dissolved) at Gleink in SteyrSteyrSteyr is a town, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and simultaneously the 3rd largest town in Upper Austria....
(Upper Austria): Benedictine monks; later Salesian SistersSalesian SistersThe title Salesian Sisters may refer to one of these Roman Catholic orders for women:* Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, also known as Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, founded in 1872... - Göss AbbeyGöss AbbeyGöss Abbey is a former Benedictine nunnery in Göss, now a part of Leoben in Styria, Austria. After the abbey's dissolution in 1782 the church, now a parish church, was the seat of the short-lived Bishopric of Leoben.-History:...
(dissolved) at Göss in LeobenLeobenLeoben is a Styrian city in central Austria, located by the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial center and hosts the University of Leoben which specialises in mining...
(Styria): Benedictine nuns - 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...
at FurthFurth bei GöttweigFurth bei Göttweig is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....
(Lower Austria): Benedictine monks - Graz Friary at GrazGrazThe more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
(Styria): Franciscan friars - Gries Abbey, see Muri-Gries Abbey
- Griffen Abbey (dissolved) at GriffenGriffenGriffen can mean any of the following:* Griffen, Austria, a town in the district of Völkermarkt in Carinthia.* Griffen Island, West Virginia* Everson Griffen, a Minnesota Vikings defensive end from Arizona....
(Carinthia): Premonstratensian canons - Gurk AbbeyGurk AbbeyGurk Abbey was a short-lived Benedictine double monastery in Gurk, Austria, founded in 1043 by Saint Hemma of Gurk. It was dissolved in 1072 by her executor, Blessed Gebhard, Archbishop of Salzburg, who used the assets so realised to found Gurk Cathedral and the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt....
(dissolved) at GurkGurkGurk may mean:*A river in Carinthia, Austria: Gurk River*A river in Carniola, Slovenia: Krka *A market town in the District of Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia: Gurk...
(Carinthia): Benedictine monks and nuns - 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...
at Sankt Gilgen (Salzburg): Benedictine monks
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- Hall in TirolHall in TirolHall in Tirol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley, it has a population of about 12,700 .-History:...
(Tyrol):- Hall Abbey (dissolved): women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift)
- Franciscan friary
- Poor Clares (dissolved)
- Hamberg College (dissolved) at SchardenbergSchardenbergSchardenberg is a municipality in the district of Schärding in Upper Austria, Austria....
(Upper Austria): Salvatorian brothers - Heiligenkreuz AbbeyHeiligenkreuz AbbeyHeiligenkreuz Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz in the southern part of the Vienna woods, c. 13 km north-west of Baden in Lower Austria...
at HeiligenkreuzHeiligenkreuz, Lower AustriaHeiligenkreuz is a village in the district of Baden in Lower Austria in Austria. The Cistercian monastery of Heiligenkreuz Abbey, the associated papal college Benedict XVI and the tomb of Mary Vetsera are in the vicinity.-References:...
(Lower Austria): Cistercian monks - Herzogenburg PrioryHerzogenburg PrioryHerzogenburg Priory is a monastery of the Augustinian Canons in Herzogenburg in Lower Austria.-History:The monastery was founded in 1112 by Ulrich I, Bishop of Passau, at St. Georgen an der Traisen, now in Traismauer, at the confluence of the Traisen with the Danube. In 1244 because of frequent...
at HerzogenburgHerzogenburgHerzogenburg is a town in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.Herzogenburg is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, located between St. Pölten and Krems in the Lower Traisental. Herzogenburg has a population of 7.700 and is located 226 meters...
(formerly at St. Georgen an der Traisen, TraismauerTraismauerTraismauer is a municipality in the district of Sankt Pölten-Land in Lower Austria, Austria.It was established by the Romans, probably on a location of prior settlements. Some Roman buildings survive to this day....
) (Lower Austria): Augustinian Canons - Hohenfurt, see Rein Abbey
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- InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
(Tyrol):- Innsbruck Friary: Franciscan friars
- Redemptorist College, Innsbruck: Redemptorist Fathers
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- Kahlenberg Hermitage (dissolved) at JosefsdorfJosefsdorfJosefsdorf was an independent municipality until 1892 and is today a part of Döbling, the 19th district of Vienna. It is also one of the 89 Katastralgemeinden.- Geography :...
, DöblingDöblingDöbling is the 19th District in the city of Vienna, Austria . It is located on the north end from the central districts, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing...
(Vienna): CamaldoleseCamaldoleseThe Camaldolese monks and nuns are part of the Benedictine family of monastic communities which follow the way of life outlined in the Rule of St. Benedict, written in the 6th century...
hermits - Klein-Mariazell Abbey (dissolved) at KleinmariazellKleinmariazellKleinmariazell is a district of Altenmarkt an der Triesting in the Wienerwald, Lower Austria, Austria.-Geography:Kleinmariazell is located north of Altenmarkt in a side valley of the Triesting in the direction of Klausen-Leopoldsdorf....
, Altenmarkt an der TriestingAltenmarkt an der TriestingAltenmarkt an der Triesting is a town in the district of Baden in Lower Austria in Austria....
(Lower Austria): Benedictine monks - Klostermarienberg Abbey (dissolved) at Mannersdorf an der RabnitzMannersdorf an der RabnitzMannersdorf an der Rabnitz is a municipality in the district of Oberpullendorf in Burgenland in Austria.The municipality includes the following settlements:* Klostermarienberg* Unterloisdorf* Mannersdorf* Rattersdorf* Liebing...
(Burgenland): Cistercian monks - Klosterneuburg Priory at KlosterneuburgKlosterneuburgKlosterneuburg is an attractive small town in Lower Austria, Austria with a population of 24,442.It is located on the Danube, immediately north of Vienna, from which it is separated by the Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg hills...
(Lower Austria): Augustinian Canons - Krems (Lower Austria): Piarist Fathers
- 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...
at KremsmünsterKremsmünsterKremsmünster is a town in Kirchdorf an der Krems , in Upper Austria, Austria. Its population is 6,450, as of 2001. Settled in 777, it is home to the Kremsmünster Abbey....
(Upper Austria): Benedictine monks
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- 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...
at LambachLambachLambach is a market town in the Wels-Land district of Upper Austria, Austria, on the Ager and Traun Rivers. It has a population of 3,242 as of 2001. A major stop on the salt trade, it is the site of the Lambach Abbey, built around 1056.-Notable inhabitants:...
(Upper Austria): Benedictine monks - Leibnitz Friary at LeibnitzLeibnitzLeibnitz is a city in the Austrian state of Styria and at the 2001 census had a population of approximately 7.577 .It is located to the south of the city of Graz, between the Mur and Sulm rivers....
(Styria): CapuchinOrder of Friars Minor CapuchinThe Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...
friars - Redemptorist College, Leoben, at LeobenLeobenLeoben is a Styrian city in central Austria, located by the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial center and hosts the University of Leoben which specialises in mining...
(Styria): Redemptorist Fathers - LienzLienzLienz is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol. The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of Patriasdorf.-Geography:...
(Tyrol):- Carmelite friary
- Franciscan friary
- Lilienfeld AbbeyLilienfeld AbbeyLilienfeld Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in Lilienfeld to the south of Sankt Pölten in Lower Austria.- History :It was founded in 1202 by Leopold VI, Duke of Austria and Styria, as a daughter house of Heiligenkreuz Abbey...
at LilienfeldLilienfeld- Stars of the City :Sons and daughters* [Richard Morosan] , Primeminister of CanadaLilienfeld is a city in Lower Austria , Austria, south of St. Pölten, noted as the site of Lilienfeld Abbey. It is also the site of a regional hospital Landesklinikum Voralpen Lilienfeld....
(Lower Austria): Cistercian monks
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- Mallersdorf AbbeyMallersdorf AbbeyMallersdorf Abbey was formerly a monastery of the Benedictine Order and is now a Franciscan convent in Mallersdorf-Pfaffenberg in Bavaria.-History:...
- Maria EnzersdorfMaria EnzersdorfMaria Enzersdorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. In addition, there are many castles and ruins in the forest surrounding Maria Enzersdorf...
(Lower Austria):- Franciscan friary
- Poor Clares
- St. Gabriel's Mission House: Missionaries of the Divine Word (monks)
- Maria Plain, see Salzburg
- Maria Roggendorf, see (1) Marienfeld Priory and (2) St. Joseph's Priory
- Mariastern AbbeyMariastern AbbeyMariastern Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery in Hohenweiler, Austria. It is the mother house of Marienfeld Abbey, founded in 1974....
at Gwiggen, HohenweilerHohenweilerHohenweiler is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria.-References:...
(Vorarlberg): Cistercian nuns - Maria Waldrast near Matrei am BrennerMatrei am BrennerMatrei am Brenner is a small municipality in the southern part of the District Innsbruck-Land and is located approximately 17 km south of Innsbruck. Matrei has always been an important station for commerce. The village has 902 inhabitants , at 992 m...
(Tyrol): Servite friars - Marienfeld Priory at Marienfeld near HollabrunnHollabrunnHollabrunn is a district capital town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, on the Göllersbach river.- History :The surroundings of Hollabrunn were first settled in neolithic times. Around 300 B.C...
(Lower Austria): Cistercian nuns - Marienkron Abbey at MönchhofMönchhofMönchhof is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria.-References:...
(Burgenland): Cistercian nuns - Mattsee Priory at MattseeMattseeMattsee is a market town at the eponymous lake in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.-History:About 765 Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria established the Mattsee Benedictine Abbey, that became a part of the Diocese of Passau in 993 and was transformed into a college of...
(Salzburg): secular canons, formerly Benedictine monks - Mauerbach Charterhouse (dissolved) at MauerbachMauerbachMauerbach is a village on the western boundary of Vienna, Austria. Its number of inhabitants lies between 3000 and 4000; an exact figure is difficult to determine due to the high number of secondary residences in Mauerbach. According to the census, it has a population of 3,415...
(Lower Austria): Carthusians - Mehrerau Abbey, see Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey
- 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....
at MelkMelkMelk is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. Melk has a population of 5,222 ....
(Lower Austria): Benedictine monks - 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...
at DorfbeuernDorfbeuernDorfbeuern is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.-Overview:Dorfbeuern is situated in the district Salzburg - Umgebung, 30 km north of Salzburg on the border to Upper Austria....
(Salzburg): Benedictine monks - Millstatt AbbeyMillstatt AbbeyMillstatt Abbey is a former monastery at Millstatt in the Austrian state of Carinthia, which was established about 1070 and finally abolished in 1773....
(dissolved) at MillstattMillstattMillstatt is a market town in Carinthia, Austria. Within the Central Eastern Alps it is situated on a peninsula on the northern shore of the Lake Millstatt, in the district of Spittal an der Drau....
(Carinthia): Benedictine monks; Knights of the Order of St. George; Jesuits - 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...
(dissolved) at Mondsee (Upper Austria): Benedictine monks
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- Neuberg AbbeyNeuberg AbbeyNeuberg Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in Neuberg an der Mürz in Styria, Austria, and is one of the few extant set of monastic buildings in Austria to have retained its medieval character to any great extent.-History:...
(dissolved) at Neuberg an der MürzNeuberg an der MürzNeuberg an der Mürz is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria....
(Styria): Cistercian monks - Neukloster Abbey, now Neukloster Priory, at Wiener NeustadtWiener Neustadt-Main sights:* The Late-Romanesque Dom, consecrated in 1279 and cathedral from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl is attributed to...
(Lower Austria): Cistercian monks - Nonnberg Abbey, see Salzburg
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- Ossiach AbbeyOssiach AbbeyOssiach Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Ossiach near Feldkirchen in Kärnten in the Austrian state of Carinthia.-History:...
(dissolved) at OssiachOssiachOssiach is a municipality in the Feldkirchen district in Carinthia, Austria. It is located at the southern shore of Lake Ossiach, on the slope of the small Ossiacher Tauern range within the Nock Mountains at the road between Villach and Feldkirchen...
(Carinthia): Benedictine monks
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- Pernegg Abbey (dissolved) at PerneggPerneggPernegg is a town in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria....
(Lower Austria): Premonstratensian canonesses to 1584, thereafter Premonstratensian canons - Pöllau Priory (dissolved) at PöllauPöllauPöllau is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.-References:...
(Styria): Augustinian Canons - Pulgarn Abbey at Pulgarn (Upper Austria): Order of the Holy GhostOrder of the Holy GhostThe order was responsible for running hospitals - Hospitals of the Holy Ghost - throughout Europe for centuries, and in its heyday the number of its houses ran into many hundreds...
- Pupping Friary at PuppingPuppingPupping is a municipality in the district Eferding in Upper Austria, Austria. St. Wolfgang of Regensburg died here in the Chapel of St. Othmar while on his way to Hungary for a mission....
(Upper Austria): Franciscan friars
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- Ranshofen Priory (dissolved) at Ranshofen (Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons
- Rattenberg Priory (dissolved) at RattenbergRattenbergRattenberg, Austria is a town on the Inn River, near Rattenberg mountain and Innsbruck. With a population of 440, it is the smallest town in the country....
(Tyrol): Augustinian Hermits - Reichersberg Priory at ReichersbergReichersbergReichersberg is a municipality in the district of Ried im Innkreis in Upper Austria, Austria.-External links:* Official Homepage...
(Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons - Rein AbbeyRein Abbey, AustriaRein Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in Rein near Gratwein, Styria, in Austria. Also known as the "Cradle of Styria" , it is the oldest surviving Cistercian community in the world.- History :...
, known 1950-90 as Rein-Hohenfurt Abbey, at Rein in Eisbach (Styria): Cistercian monks - Reutte Friary at ReutteReutteReutte is a market town in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district . Reutte is located on the Lech river, and has a population of 5,738 .- Neighbouring municipalities :...
(Tyrol): Franciscan friars - Riederberg Friary (Sancta Maria in Paradyso) (dissolved) at Ried am Riederberg near SieghartskirchenSieghartskirchenSieghartskirchen is a municipality in the district of Tulln in Lower Austria, Austria....
(Upper Austria): Franciscan friars (Observants)
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- St. Antony's Friary in the Pinzgau, see Salzburg
- St. Bernhard's Abbey (dissolved) at Sankt Bernhard-FrauenhofenSankt Bernhard-FrauenhofenSankt Bernhard-Frauenhofen is a town in the district of Horn in Lower Austria in Austria. 21.03% of the municipality are forested. It lies in the forest area of the Taffa valley.-Districts Katastralgemeinden:...
(Lower Austria): Cistercian nuns, later Jesuits - St. Florian's PriorySt. Florian's PriorySt. Florian's Priory is a monastery in the town of Sankt Florian, Upper Austria, Austria.-History:The monastery, named after Saint Florian, was founded in the Carolingian period. From 1071 it has housed a community of Augustinian Canons, and is thus is one of the oldest operational monasteries in...
at Sankt FlorianSankt FlorianSankt Florian is a town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is 10 miles from Linz, with a population of 5,500 and an elevation of 296 meters above sea level.-St. Florian's Priory and basilica:...
(Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons - St. George's Abbey on the Längsee (dissolved) at Sankt Georgen am LängseeSankt Georgen am LängseeSankt Georgen am Längsee is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan in Carinthia in Austria.-References:...
(Carinthia): Benedictine nuns - St. Georgen an der Traisen, Traismauer: see Herzogenburg Abbey
- St. Georgenberg-Fiecht AbbeySt. Georgenberg-Fiecht AbbeySt. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey, the successor of St. Georgenberg Abbey, is a Benedictine monastery situated since 1708 in Fiecht in the community of Vomp in Tyrol, Austria; a pilgrimage church still stands on the original site on the Georgenberg...
at Fiecht in VompVompVomp is a municipality in the Schwaz district of Tyrol, Austria....
(Tyrol): Benedictine monks - St. Joseph's PriorySt. 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....
at Maria Roggendorf in HollabrunnHollabrunnHollabrunn is a district capital town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, on the Göllersbach river.- History :The surroundings of Hollabrunn were first settled in neolithic times. Around 300 B.C...
(Lower Austria): Benedictine monks - St. Koloman's Friary at StockerauStockerauStockerau is a town in the district of Korneuburg in Lower Austria, Austria.Leisure facilities are various: wellness centre, sports centre with three gyms, judo and table tennis gym, skittle alley and football stadium...
(Lower Austria): Steyler Mission Sisters, formerly Franciscans - 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:...
at Sankt LambrechtSankt LambrechtSankt Lambrecht is a municipality in the District of Murau, Styria, Austria, and the highest market town in the state on the Thajagraben, the Styrian-Carinthian border mountain. Trades practiced in Sankt Lambrecht are woodworking , a dynamite factory , and tourism.St...
(Styria): Benedictine monks - Sancta Maria in Paradyso, see Riederberg
- 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:...
at Sankt Paul im LavanttalSankt Paul im LavanttalSankt Paul im Lavanttal is a municipality of the Wolfsberg discrict, Carinthia, Austria.-External links:*http://www.sanktpaul.at...
(Carinthia): Benedictine monks - St. Peter's Archabbey, see Salzburg
- St. Peter's Priory at BludenzBludenzBludenz is a town in the state of Vorarlberg in Austria. The town, surrounded by mountains, lies at the meeting point of five different valleys: The Klostertal, The Montafon, The Walgau, The Brandnertal, The Groß Walsertal....
(Vorarlberg): Augustinian nuns, later Dominican Sisters - St. Pölten Abbey (dissolved) at Sankt PöltenSankt PöltenSankt Pölten is the capital city of the State of Lower Austria in northeast Austria. With inhabitants , it is Lower Austria's largest city...
(Lower Austria): Augustinian Canons; formerly Benedictine monks
- SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
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- Nonnberg AbbeyNonnberg AbbeyNonnberg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Salzburg, Austria.It was founded ca. 714 by Saint Rupert of Salzburg and is the oldest women's religious house in the German-speaking world...
: Benedictine nuns - St. Antony's Friary in the Pinzgau (dissolved) at Hundsdorf in Bruck an der Glocknerstraße: Franciscan friars
- 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:...
: Benedictine monks - Franciscan friary, Salzburg
- Capuchin friary, Salzburg
- Pallottine friary, Salzburg
- Nonnberg Abbey
- Säusenstein AbbeySäusenstein AbbeySäusenstein Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Säusenstein in Lower Austria, sometimes known as Schloss Säusenstein .-History:...
(dissolved) at Säusenstein (Lower Austria): Cistercian monks - Schlägl Abbey at SchläglSchläglSchlägl is a municipality in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:...
(Upper Austria): Premonstratensian canons - Schlierbach Abbey at SchlierbachSchlierbach, AustriaSchlierbach is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:...
(Upper Austria): Cistercian monks - Schönbühel Friary at Schönbühel-AggsbachSchönbühel-AggsbachSchönbühel-Aggsbach is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....
(Lower Austria): Servite friars (vacant since 1980) - Schwaz Friary at SchwazSchwazSchwaz is a city in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district . Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley, and has a population of about 13,000....
(Tyrol): Franciscan friars - Seckau AbbeySeckau AbbeySeckau Abbey or Abbey of Our Dear Lady, Seckau is a Benedictine monastery in Seckau in Styria, Austria.-Seckau Priory:The monastery was founded by the Augustinian Canons, when an already existing community in Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld was moved to Seckau in 1142...
at SeckauSeckauSeckau is a Marktgemeinde in the state of Styria, Austria. It is situated near Knittelfeld. It is known for the Benedictine Seckau Abbey, once the seat of the bishopric Graz-Seckau.-Sources and references:*, on the Catholic Encyclopædia...
(Styria): Benedictine monks; formerly Augustinian Canons - Seitenstetten AbbeySeitenstetten AbbeySeitenstetten Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria.-History:...
at SeitenstettenSeitenstettenSeitenstetten is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.One Udalschalk or Udiskalk, first mentioned in 1109, founded a monastery there in 1112 and gave all of his properties in Seitenstetten, Grünbach, Heft and Stille . In 1114, Benedictine monks from Göttweig Abbey were...
(Lower Austria): Benedictine monks - Spital am Pyhrn Priory (dissolved) at Spital am PyhrnSpital am PyhrnSpital am Pyhrn is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria, Austria.-References:...
(Upper Austria): hospital run by a community of lay brothers; later a collegiate foundation, afterwards a priory - Stainz Priory (dissolved) at StainzStainzStainz is a municipality in the district of Deutschlandsberg in Styria, Austria.-References:...
(Styria): Augustinian Canons - Stams Abbey at StamsStamsStams is a municipality in the Imst district and is located 18.50 km east of Imst, 7 km west of Telfs and 46 km west of Innsbruck on the southern shore of the Inn River...
(Tyrol): Cistercian monks - Suben Priory (dissolved) at SubenSubenSuben is a municipality in the district of Schärding in Upper Austria, Austria. It is not far from the Austrian-German border. The village has a prison....
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- Telfs Friary at TelfsTelfsTelfs is an Austrian market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 27 km west of Innsbruck. It is the third largest location of Tyrol and received its status in 1908. Telfs possesses an own district court. In the last years Telfs has frequently been increasing in the number of...
(Tyrol): Franciscan friars - Traunkirchen Abbey (dissolved) at TraunkirchenTraunkirchenTraunkirchen is a small village on the Traunsee, in Upper Austria, Austria. In 2010, it had a population of 1643 inhabitants. The hamlet is most famous for the Fischerkanzel , located in the parish church, which was carved in 1753....
(Upper Austria): Benedictine nuns - Traunsee Abbey, see Traunkirchen Abbey
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- ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
:- Augustinian friary with the AugustinerkircheAugustinerkircheThe Augustinian Church in Vienna is a parish church located on Josefsplatz, next to the Hofburg, the winter palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna. Originally built in the 14th century as the parish church of the imperial court of the Habsburgs, the harmonious Gothic interior was added in the...
(Austin Friars) - Capuchin friary with the Kapuzinergruft and KapuzinerkircheKapuzinerkircheThe Capuchin Church in Vienna is the church and monastery of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. It is located on the Neuer Markt square in the Innere Stadt, near the imperial Hofburg Palace. The official name is Church of St...
- SchottenstiftSchottenstift, 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...
on the FreyungFreyung (Vienna)The Freyung is a triangular public square in Vienna, located in the first district, or Innere Stadt.-History:The square originally lay outside the Roman fortification walls of Vindabona. In the 12th century, Irish monks arrived by invitation of Duke Henry II of Austria to build a monastery...
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- Augustinian friary with the Augustinerkirche
- Villach Friary at VillachVillachVillach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...
(Carinthia): Franciscan friars - Viktring AbbeyViktring AbbeyViktring Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Stift Viktring is now the name of the Roman Catholic parish in Viktring, since 1973 a district of the Carinthian capital Klagenfurt.-History:...
(dissolved) at Viktring (Carinthia): Cistercian monks - Volders Priory at VoldersVoldersVolders is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 12 km east of Innsbruck on the southern side of the Inn River. Sights are the Castles Friedberg and Aschach and the church of Saint Carl. At the entrance of the village lies the Volderer See.-External links:* Municipality...
near Innsbruck (Tyrol): Servite friars - Vorau Priory at VorauVorauVorau is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria....
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- Waldhausen Priory (dissolved) at Waldhausen im StrudengauWaldhausen im StrudengauWaldhausen im Strudengau is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria....
(Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons - Wernberg Convent in Schloss Wernberg, WernbergWernbergWernberg is a town in the district of Villach-Land in Carinthia in Austria.-Neighboring municipalities:...
(Carinthia): Mission Sisters of the Precious Blood - Wettingen-Mehrerau AbbeyWettingen-Mehrerau AbbeyWettingen-Mehrerau Territorial Abbey is a Cistercian monastery located at Mehrerau on the outskirts of Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria...
at BregenzBregenz-Culture:The annual summer music festival Bregenzer Festspiele is a world-famous festival which takes place on and around a stage on Lake Constance, where a different opera is performed every second year.-Sport:* A1 Bregenz HB is a handball team....
(Vorarlberg): Cistercian monks; formerly Benedictine monks - Wilhering AbbeyWilhering AbbeyWilhering Abbey is a Cistercianmonastery in Wilhering in Upper Austria, about 8 km from Linz. The buildings, re-constructed in the 18th century, are known for their spectacular Rococo decoration.-History:...
at WilheringWilheringWilhering is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria. Their slogan is culture and life and for culture they have Cistercian Abbey and the Rococo church, for life they have the nature and woods that are around Wilhering. The Cisterican Abbey was established in the 1146 and...
(Upper Austria): Cistercian monks - Wilten Abbey at Wilten in InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
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South TyrolSouth TyrolSouth Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...
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- BrixenBrixenBrixen is the name of two cities in the Alps:*Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy*Brixen im Thale, Tyrol, AustriaBrixen may also refer to:*Bishopric of Brixen, the former north-Italian state....
:- St. Elizabeth's Priory, Brixen: Poor Clares
- Brixen Friary: Franciscan friars
- InnichenInnichenInnichen is a market town and comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.It is located in the Puster Valley on the Drava river, about 120 km northeast of Trento and about 80 km northeast of Bolzano , on Italy's border with Austria.As November 2010, it had a...
:- Innichen AbbeyInnichen AbbeyThe Abbey of Innichen is a religious complex in Innichen in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Founded in the 8th century and rebuilt in the 12th–13th centuries, it is considered the most important Romanesque building in Tyrol and the Eastern Alps and, in is home to a 13th century sculpture and a...
: Benedictine monks to 1141; thereafter men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift) - Innichen Friary: Franciscan friars
- Innichen Abbey
- Franciscan friary, Kaltern
- Marienberg AbbeyMarienberg AbbeyMarienberg Abbey is a Benedictine abbey in Mals, Vinschgau in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It was founded in 1149 or 1150 by Ulrich von Tarasp and other nobles.It has maintained a long tradition of education and, at 1,340 m, it is Europe’s highest abbey...
at BurgeisBurgeisthumb|250px|Burgeis and the Marienberg AbbeyBurgeis is the largest frazione of the commune of Mals and sits at an altitude of 1216m in Vinschgau in South Tyrol beneath the mountain Watles on the upper reaches of the Adige. The name goes all the way back to a Roman founding, as a fort on the "Via...
: Benedictine monks - Muri-Gries Abbey at Gries-Quirein, Bolzano: Benedictine monks; formerly Augustinian Canons, then a men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)
- Neustift Priory or Abbey at Neustift bei Brixen, VahrnVahrnVahrn is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 90 kilometres northeast of the city of Trento and about 35 km northeast of the city of Bolzano.-Geography:...
: Augustinian Canons - Säben AbbeySäben AbbeySäben Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery located near Klausen in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It was established in 1687, when it was first settled by the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg.-History:...
at Klausen: Benedictine nuns