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Tänikon Abbey
Tänikon Abbey is a former Cistercian nunnery in the village of Ettenhausen in the municipality of Aadorf in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The former abbey church and the conventual buildings, now Agrotechnorama Tänikon, are both Swiss heritage sites of national significance. History Tänikon was first mentioned in 789 as ''Tanninchova'' as a local court. In 817 emperor Louis the Pious gave all his lands in Thurgau, including Tänikon, to the Abbey of St. Gall. An established nunnery at Tänikon was first mentioned in 1249. In 1257, the abbey church took over the rights to the nearby chapel of St. Anna. Around the same time Eberhard II and Eberhard III of Bichelsee granted land holdings to the abbey and it became Cistercian. In 1263, Pope Urban IV asked the abbot of Kappel to administer Tänikon. From 1268 the community had a number of lay brothers who lived and worked onsite. They were slowly replaced by secular servants or employees and by 1491 there were no more l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refectory
A refectory (also frater, frater house, fratery) is a dining room, especially in monastery, monasteries, boarding schools and academic institutions. One of the places the term is most often used today is in graduate seminary, seminaries. The name derives from the Latin ''reficere'' "to remake or restore," via Late Latin ''refectorium'', which means "a place one goes to be restored" (''cf.'' "restaurant"). Refectories and monastic culture Communal meals are the times when all monks of an institution are together. Diet and eating habits differ somewhat by Monasticism, monastic order, and more widely by schedule. The Benedictine rule is illustrative. The Rule of St Benedict orders two meals. Dinner is provided year-round; supper is also served from late spring to early fall, except for Wednesdays and Fridays. The diet originally consisted of simple fare: two dishes, with fruit as a third course if available. The food was simple, with the meat of mammals forbidden to all but the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna). It borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance), Switzerland (Grisons and Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol (state), Tyrol, to the east. The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have List of cities and towns in Austria, larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria where the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian dialects, Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialects, Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariastern Abbey, Hohenweiler
Mariastern Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery in Hohenweiler, Austria. The nunnery was founded in 1856. It is the mother house of Marienfeld Abbey (Austria), Marienfeld Abbey, founded in 1974. Sister Agnes Fabianek OCist was the abbess at that time. In 2015, the nunnery had 25 sisters. References External linksOfficial website {{coord, 47, 34, 12, N, 9, 46, 19, E, region:AT-8_type:landmark_source:kolossus-dewiki, display=title Cistercian nunneries in Austria Buildings and structures in Vorarlberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
