Sankt Florian (also ''Florian'' or ''St.Florian'') is a town in the

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n state of

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...

. It is 10 miles (16 km) from

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. Sankt Florian is the home of

St Florian's Priory St. Florian Monastery (german: Stift Sankt Florian) is an Canons Regular, Augustinian monastery in the town of Sankt Florian, Austria. Founded in the early ninth century, and later refounded by Augustinians in the eleventh century, St. Florian is t ...

, a community of

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named after

Saint Florian Florian ( la, Florianus; 250 – 304 AD) was a Christians, Christian holy man, and the patron saint of Linz, Austria; chimney sweeps; soapmakers, and firefighting, firefighters. His feast day is 4 May. Florian is also the patron saint of Upper ...

and one of the oldest operational monasteries in the world following the

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. Composer

Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

(1824–96), who was a choirboy and later organist in the town, is buried beneath the organ inside the monastic church, which was elevated to the rank of basilica minor in 1999.

The St. Florianer Sängerknaben

The town is also known for its boys' choir (''St. Florianer Sängerknaben''), founded in 1071. The choir has been a traditional part of the monastery's worship from its beginning and has contributed significantly to the identity of the town. It has particular responsibility for

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for the religious community, but also undertakes successful international concert tours and television appearances.St. Florianer Sängerknaben - Konzerte und Reisen
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Selected discography

* Franz Farnberger, ''Anton Bruckner in St Florian –

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& Motetten'', St. Florianer Sängerknaben - CD: Studio SM D2639 SM 44, 1997 (with Bruckner's ''

Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for "

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magnifies

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) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Eastern Christianity, Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated ...

'' & ''

Psalm 22 Psalm 22 of the Book of Psalms (the hind of the dawn) or My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? is a psalm in the Bible. The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the ...

'') * Gunar Letzbor, ''

Franz Joseph Aumann Franz Joseph Aumann (also ''Auman'', ''Aumon''; 24 February 1728, Traismauer – 30 March 1797, Sankt Florian) was an Austrian composer. Before his voice broke, he sang in the same Viennese choir as Michael Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, ...

- Requiem'', St. Florianer Sängerknaben,

Ars Antiqua Austria Ars Antiqua Austria is an early music ensemble founded in Linz in 1989 to perform Austrian Baroque music on period instruments. The group was established by Gunar Letzbor and Michael Oman and consists of eight musicians. They research and perform ne ...

- CD: Pan Classics PC 10234, 2008 (with Aumann's ''Ecce quomodo moritur justus'', ''Tenebrae factae sunt'' and ''Te Deum'') * Gunar Letzbor, ''

Joseph Balthasar Hochreither Joseph Balthasar Hochreither (Salzburg, 16 April 1669 - Salzburg, 14 December 1731) was an Austrian organist and composer. He may have been a student of Heinrich Biber. Works, editions and recordings * ''Vesperae Joannis Hochenreitter'' oseph Bal ...

- Requiem; Missa Jubilus sacer''. St. Florianer Sängerknaben, Ars Antiqua Austria - CD: Pan Classics PC 10264, 2014

Museums

Sankt Florian has a

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museum (''Historisches Feuerwehrzeughaus''; situated in a part of the monastic buildings), a hunting museum (''Jagdmuseum Schloss Hohenbrunn'') and a museum of farming and local history (''Sumerauerhof'').

Population

References

External links

Basilica of SS Florian and Augustine: the frescoed ceiling of the naveSt Florian's Priory: the Kaiser's room
Cities and towns in Linz-Land District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub