The Austrian Congregation is a congregation of
Benedictine
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monasteries situated in
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, within the
Benedictine Confederation
The Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict ( la, Confœderatio Benedictina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti) is the international governing body of the Order of Saint Benedict.
Origin
The Benedictine Confederation is a union of monasti ...
.
History
The Congregation was founded on 3 August 1625 by
Pope Urban VIII
Pope Urban VIII ( la, Urbanus VIII; it, Urbano VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644), born Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 August 1623 to his death in July 1644. As po ...
, and consisted of eleven Benedictine monasteries in Austria:
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Altenburg Abbey
Altenburg Abbey (german: Stift Altenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg, Lower Austria. It is situated about to the north of Krems an der Donau in the Waldviertel. It was founded in 1144,by Countess Hildeburg of Poigen-Rebgau. Throug ...
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Garsten Abbey
Garsten Abbey (german: Stift Garsten) is a former Benedictine monastery located in Garsten near Steyr in Upper Austria. Since 1851, the former monastery buildings have accommodated a prison.
History
The abbey was founded in 1080–1082 by Ottoka ...
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Gleink Abbey
Gleink Abbey (Stift or Kloster Gleink) was a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine monastery located in the town of Steyr in Austria.
The monastery was founded in the early 12th century by Arnhalm I of Glunich with monks from Garsten Abbey. Upon i ...
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Göttweig Abbey
Göttweig Abbey (german: Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria. It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau.
History
Göttweig Abbey was founded as a monastery of canons regular by Blessed Altmann (c ...
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Kleinmariazell Abbey
Kleinmariazell is a district of Altenmarkt an der Triesting in the Vienna Woods, Wienerwald, Lower Austria, Austria.
Geography
Kleinmariazell is located north of Altenmarkt in a side valley of the Triesting in the direction of Klausen-Leopoldsdo ...
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Kremsmünster Abbey
Kremsmünster Abbey (german: Stift Kremsmünster) is a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria.
History
The monastery was founded in 777 AD by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. According to the foundation legend, Tassilo founded the ...
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Lambach Abbey
Lambach Abbey (german: Stift Lambach) is a Benedictine monastery in Lambach in the Wels-Land district of Upper Austria, Austria.
History
A monastery was founded in Lambach in about 1040 by Count Arnold II of Lambach-Wels. His son, Bishop Adalbero ...
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Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey (german: Stift Melk) is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley. The abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the ...
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Mondsee Abbey
Mondsee Abbey (german: Kloster Mondsee) 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, Duk ...
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Schottenstift, Vienna
The Schottenstift ( en, Scottish Abbey), formally called Benediktinerabtei unserer Lieben Frau zu den Schotten ( en, Benedictine Abbey of Our Dear Lady of the Scots), is a Catholic monastery founded in Vienna in 1155 when Henry II of Austria brou ...
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Seitenstetten Abbey
Seitenstetten Abbey (german: Stift Seitenstetten) is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the ''Mostviertel'' region of Lower Austria.
History
The monastery was founded in 1112 by Udalschalk, or Udiskalk, a relative of Bishop Ulrich of Pa ...
Salzburg Congregation
These were however not all the Benedictine monasteries of present-day Austria. Those in the
Diocese of Salzburg
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg ( la, Archidioecesis Salisburgensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Austria. The archdiocese is one of two Austrian archdioceses, serving alongside the Archdiocese o ...
were formed in 1641 into the Salzburg Congregation, consisting of:
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Admont Abbey
Admont Abbey (german: Stift Admont) is a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine monastery located on the Enns River in the town of Admont, Austria. The oldest remaining monastery in Styria, Admont Abbey contains the largest monastic library in the ...
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Michaelbeuern Abbey
Michaelbeuern Abbey (german: Abtei Michaelbeuern) 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(''"Klosterverzei ...
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Ossiach Abbey
Ossiach Abbey (''Stift Ossiach'') is a former Benedictine monastery in Ossiach, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The site is one of the venues of an annual music festival called "Carinthian Summer".
History
In 878 the East Frankish king Ca ...
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St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal
Saint Paul's Abbey in Lavanttal (german: Stift St. Paul im Lavanttal) is a Benedictine monastery established in 1091 near the present-day market town of Sankt Paul im Lavanttal in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The premises centered on the Rom ...
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St. Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
St Peter's Abbey (german: Stift Sankt Peter), or St Peter's Archabbey (German: ''Erzabtei Stift Sankt Peter'', la, Archiabbatia sancti Petri Salisburgensis), is a Benedictine monastery and former cathedral in the Austrian city of Salzburg. It is ...
The diocese also then included two further monasteries, the locations of which are now in
Bavaria
Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...
in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
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St. Vitus' Abbey on the Rott
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Seeon Abbey
Seeon Abbey (german: Kloster Seeon) is a former Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Seeon-Seebruck in the rural district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany.
History
Seeon Abbey was founded in 994 by the Bavarian ''Pfalzgraf'' Aribo I, a ...
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 II
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: ''Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam''; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 29, 1780 unt ...
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
Pope Leo XIII ( it, Leone XIII; born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death in July 1903. Living until the age of 93, he was the second-old ...
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 ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
on 8 December 1930.
Present Congregation
The Austrian Congregation (as of 2006) consists of the following monasteries in Austria:
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Admont Abbey
Admont Abbey (german: Stift Admont) is a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine monastery located on the Enns River in the town of Admont, Austria. The oldest remaining monastery in Styria, Admont Abbey contains the largest monastic library in the ...
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Altenburg Abbey
Altenburg Abbey (german: Stift Altenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg, Lower Austria. It is situated about to the north of Krems an der Donau in the Waldviertel. It was founded in 1144,by Countess Hildeburg of Poigen-Rebgau. Throug ...
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Göttweig Abbey
Göttweig Abbey (german: Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria. It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau.
History
Göttweig Abbey was founded as a monastery of canons regular by Blessed Altmann (c ...
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Gut Aich Priory
Gut Aich Priory (Kloster Gut Aich) is a Benedictine monastery in St. Gilgen in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It ...
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Kremsmünster Abbey
Kremsmünster Abbey (german: Stift Kremsmünster) is a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria.
History
The monastery was founded in 777 AD by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. According to the foundation legend, Tassilo founded the ...
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Lambach Abbey
Lambach Abbey (german: Stift Lambach) is a Benedictine monastery in Lambach in the Wels-Land district of Upper Austria, Austria.
History
A monastery was founded in Lambach in about 1040 by Count Arnold II of Lambach-Wels. His son, Bishop Adalbero ...
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Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey (german: Stift Melk) is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley. The abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the ...
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Michaelbeuern Abbey
Michaelbeuern Abbey (german: Abtei Michaelbeuern) 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(''"Klosterverzei ...
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Schottenstift, Vienna
The Schottenstift ( en, Scottish Abbey), formally called Benediktinerabtei unserer Lieben Frau zu den Schotten ( en, Benedictine Abbey of Our Dear Lady of the Scots), is a Catholic monastery founded in Vienna in 1155 when Henry II of Austria brou ...
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Seitenstetten Abbey
Seitenstetten Abbey (german: Stift Seitenstetten) is a Benedictine monastery in Seitenstetten in the ''Mostviertel'' region of Lower Austria.
History
The monastery was founded in 1112 by Udalschalk, or Udiskalk, a relative of Bishop Ulrich of Pa ...
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St. Joseph's Priory, Maria Roggendorf
St. Joseph's Priory, Maria Roggendorf () is a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine priory located in the long-established pilgrimage centre of Maria Roggendorf in the district of Hollabrunn in Lower Austria.
It was founded on 7 September 1991 by Gö ...
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St. Lambrecht's Abbey
St. Lambert's Abbey (german: Stift St. Lambrecht) is a Benedictine Abbey in the village of Sankt Lambrecht in the Styrian ''Grebenzen'' nature reserve in Austria. The monastery is located above sea level. The monastery complex and its gardens ...
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St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal
Saint Paul's Abbey in Lavanttal (german: Stift St. Paul im Lavanttal) is a Benedictine monastery established in 1091 near the present-day market town of Sankt Paul im Lavanttal in the Austrian state of Carinthia. The premises centered on the Rom ...
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St. Peter's Archabbey, Salzburg
St Peter's Abbey (german: Stift Sankt Peter), or St Peter's Archabbey (German: ''Erzabtei Stift Sankt Peter'', la, Archiabbatia sancti Petri Salisburgensis), is a Benedictine monastery and former cathedral in the Austrian city of Salzburg. It is ...
*Kolleg St. Benedikt (student house)
External links
Website of the Austrian Benedictines
Benedictine congregations
Religious organizations established in 1625
Catholic religious institutes established in the 17th century
1625 establishments in Austria
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