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List of Christian monasteries in Austria

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.

Austria

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A

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Admont Abbey

B

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D

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E

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F

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  • Fiecht Abbey, see St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey
  • Franciscan friary, Frauenkirchen (Burgenland): Franciscan friars
  • Capuchin friary, Freistadt (Upper Austria): Capuchin friars
  • Friesach Priory, Friesach (Carinthia): Dominican friars

G

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Göttweig Abbey

H

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Heiligenkreuz Abbey

I

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  • Capuchin friary, Imst (Tyrol): Capuchin friars
  • Innsbruck (Tyrol):
    • Carmel of St Joseph and St Teresa: Carmelite nuns
    • Innsbruck Friary: Franciscan friars
    • Redemptorist College: Redemptorist Fathers
    • Servite convent: Servite friars or nuns

K

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L

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Lambach Abbey

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Melk Abbey

N

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O

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Ossiach Abbey

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R

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S

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St Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey
 
St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal
 
Seitenstetten Abbey

T

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  • Telfs Friary, Telfs (Tyrol): Franciscan friars
  • Thalbach Convent, Bregenz (Vorarlberg): Thalbach, since 1983 home to The Spiritual Family "The Work," was originally established in 1436 as a tertiary Franciscan women's monastery, and disbanded by Emperor Joseph II in 1782; it was acquired by Dominican women of Hirschberg-Hirschtal / Kennelbach in 1796.[17]
  • Traunkirchen Abbey (dissolved), Traunkirchen (Upper Austria):[e] Benedictine nuns
  • Traunsee Abbey, see Traunkirchen Abbey

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Vienna, Schottenstift

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Wilhering Abbey

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Formerly in Austria

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South Tyrol, Italy

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Innichen Abbey

This area became part of Italy after the end of World War I.[g]

Notes

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  1. ^ situated very close to the border with Germany, and now used as student accommodation for the University of Passau
  2. ^ the former Camaldolese church, now the St. Josefskirche, remains
  3. ^ aka Steyler Missionaries
  4. ^ now known as Schloss Pöllau
  5. ^ a re-foundation of an earlier Benedictine monastery, Traunsee Abbey, nearby but not on the same site, possibly located at Altmünster
  6. ^ Mehrerau Abbey was a Benedictine monastery dissolved when this part of Austria was transferred to Bavaria in 1806; after the territory had been returned to Austria, the empty premises were re-settled in 1854 by the Cistercian community of Wettingen Abbey in Switzerland, who had been expelled from their original home by the government of the Canton of Aargau in 1841
  7. ^ occupied in 1918, formally annexed in 1920
  8. ^ the community was expelled by the government of the Canton of Aargau from its original home at Muri Abbey in Switzerland in 1841, and re-settled in 1845 at the deserted monastery in Gries, then in Austria

References

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  1. ^ Hannes P. Naschenweng: "Admont". In: Die Benediktinischen Mönchs- und Nonnenklöster in Österreich und Südtirol (= Germania Benedictina. Nr. 3/1). ed. Ulrich Faust, Waltraud Krassnig, St. Ottilien 2000, pp. 71–188
  2. ^ Hannes P. Naschenweng: "Admont, Frauenkloster". In: Die Benediktinischen Mönchs- und Nonnenklöster in Österreich und Südtirol (= Germania Benedictina. Nr. 3/1). ed. Ulrich Faust, Waltraud Krassnig, St. Ottilien 2000, pp. 189–212
  3. ^ Thomas Aigner: "Aggsbach", in: Monasticon Cartusiense, ed. Gerhard Schlegel, James Hogg, Band 2, Salzburg 2004, pp. 119–123
  4. ^ Dehio-Handbuch. Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs. Niederösterreich nördlich der Donau. ed. Evelyn Benesch, Bernd Euler-Rolle et al. Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Wien 1990, ISBN 3703106522, pp. 11–31
  5. ^ Thomas Aigner: Kollegiatstift Ardagger. Beiträge zu Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte. St. Pölten 1999
  6. ^ Anton Kreuzer: Die Stifte und Klöster Kärntens. Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 1986, ISBN 3853782426, pp. 71–76
  7. ^ Dehio-Handbuch – Die Kunstdenkmäler Österreichs – Steiermark (ohne Graz), Bad Gleichenberg, Franziskaner-Hospiz, neben der Kirche, pp. 31–32
  8. ^ Aelred Pexa: "Die Cistercienser von Baumgartenberg". In: Österreichische Zisterzienserkongregation (publ.): Festschrift zum 800-Jahrgedächtnis des Todes Benhards von Clairvaux. Herold, Wien 1953, pp. 335–
  9. ^ Zentralbibliothek.kapuziner.at: Das Kapuzinerkloster Bludenz und seine Bibliothek 1991
  10. ^ Anton Rohrer: Das Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Peter in Bludenz. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des ältesten Frauenklosters Vorarlbergs. Bludenz 2006, ISBN 9783851930504
  11. ^ Stift Dürnstein
  12. ^ Hans Peter Zelfel: Eisenstadt: Franziskanerkirche mit Kloster und Diözesanmuseum (= Peda-Kunstführer Nr. 579/2005), Kunstverlag Peda, Passau 2009, ISBN 3896435795
  13. ^ Dehio Burgenland 1976: "Eisenstadt, Franziskanerkirche hl. Michael und Kloster", pp. 71ff.
  14. ^ [Stift Engelszell (publ.): Stift Engelszell. Peda Kunstführer, Kunstverlag Peda, Passau, ISBN 3927296759
  15. ^ Stift Engelszell
  16. ^ Diocese of Linz: Franziskanerkloster Enns
  17. ^ Fussenegger, Gerold. "Terziarinnenkloster Thalbach, Bregenz am Bodensee" in Alemannia Franciscana antiqua 9 (1963): pp. 93–140
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