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St. Bernhard's Abbey (dissolved), Sankt Bernhard-Frauenhofen (Lower Austria): Cistercian nuns, later Jesuits St. Florian Monastery , Sankt Florian (Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons St. Gabriel's Priory , Sankt Johann bei Herberstein (Styria), previously St. Gabriel's Abbey, Schloss Bertholdstein, Pertlstein in Fehring , Styria: Benedictine nuns
The monastery was founded in 1133 by Margrave St. Leopold III of Austria, at the request of his son Otto, soon to be abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Morimond in Burgundy and afterwards Bishop of Freising. Its first twelve monks together with their abbot, Gottschalk, came from Morimond at the request of Leopold III.
Pages in category "Cistercian monasteries in Austria" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
The monastery was constructed, as Cistercian houses often were, in a river valley, in this case in a bend of the River Kamp. Extensive buildings were erected, and the church, chapter-room, and dormitory were blessed in 1159, though the entire monastery was not completed until 1218.
The monastery was founded in 1129 by Margrave Leopold the Strong of Styria and settled by monks from Ebrach Abbey in Bavaria under the first abbot, Gerlacus. It was the 38th Cistercian monastery to be founded. The previous 37 are all since dissolved, leaving Rein as the oldest extant Cistercian monastery in the world.
Wilhering Abbey (German: Stift Wilhering) is a Cistercian monastery in Wilhering in Upper Austria, about 8 km (5 mi) from Linz. It was founded in 1146. The buildings, re-constructed in the 18th century, are known for their spectacular Rococo decoration.
The first Cistercian nunnery in the United States, founded by nuns from the Swiss Abbey of Frauenthal. Our Lady of Dallas Abbey: Common Observance 1958 Irving, Texas: Founded from the Cistercian monastery of Zirc in Hungary. Runs the Cistercian Preparatory School in Irving, TX Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey: Nuns (Trappist) 1962
Abbot Matthew Kollweis (1650–1695) turned the monastery into a fortress during the Turkish advance against Vienna in 1683, installing a garrison and giving shelter to a large number of fugitives. View of the Lilienfeld Cistercian Abbey, 1747. In the 17th century the medieval buildings were extended by Baroque additions. In the first half of ...