List of Christian religious houses in Austria

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This is an incomplete list of Christian religious houses in Austria[1] both for men and for women, whether or not still extant. All those so far listed are Roman Catholic.


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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Admont Abbey
Admont Abbey

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[edit] E

[edit] F

  • Fiecht Abbey, see St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey

[edit] G

Göttweig Abbey
Göttweig Abbey

[edit] H

Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz Abbey

[edit] I

  • Innsbruck (Tyrol):
  • Innichen (South Tyrol)[2]:
    • Innichen Abbey: Benedictine monks to 1141; thereafter men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)
    • Innichen Friary: Franciscan friars

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[edit] L

Lambach Abbey
Lambach Abbey

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Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey

[edit] N

  • Neuberg Abbey (dissolved) at Neuberg an der Mürz (Styria): Cistercian monks
  • Neukloster Abbey, now Neukloster Priory, at Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria): Cistercian monks
  • Neustift Abbey / Neustift Priory at Neustift bei Brixen, Vahrn (South Tyrol)[2]: Augustinian Canons
  • Nonnberg Abbey, see Salzburg

[edit] O

Ossiach Abbey
Ossiach Abbey

[edit] P

  • Pernegg Abbey (dissolved) at Pernegg (Lower Austria): Premonstratensian canonesses to 1584, thereafter Premonstratensian canons
  • Pöllau Priory (dissolved)[7] at Pöllau (Styria): Augustinian Canons
  • Pulgarn Abbey at Pulgarn (Upper Austria): Order of the Holy Ghost
  • Pupping Friary at Pupping (Upper Austria): Franciscan friars

[edit] R

  • Ranshofen Priory (dissolved) at Ranshofen (Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons
  • Rattenberg Priory (dissolved) at Rattenberg (Tyrol): Augustinian Hermits
  • Reichersberg Priory at Reichersberg (Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons
  • Rein Abbey, known 1950-90 as Rein-Hohenfurt Abbey, at Rein in Eisbach (Styria): Cistercian monks
  • Reutte Friary at Reutte (Tyrol): Franciscan friars
  • Riederberg Friary (Sancta Maria in Paradyso) (dissolved) at Ried am Riederberg near Sieghartskirchen (Upper Austria): Franciscan friars (Observants)

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St Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey
St Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey
Seckau Abbey
Seckau Abbey
St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal
St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal
  • Säben Abbey at Säben (South Tyrol)[2]: Benedictine nuns
  • Salzburg:
    • Nonnberg Abbey: Benedictine nuns
    • St. Antony's Friary in the Pinzgau (dissolved) at Hundsdorf in Bruck an der Glocknerstraße: Franciscan friars
    • St. Peter's Archabbey, Salzburg: Benedictine monks
    • Franciscan friary, Salzburg
    • Capuchin friary, Salzburg
    • Pallottine friary, Salzburg
  • Säusenstein Abbey (dissolved) at Säusenstein (Lower Austria): Cistercian monks
  • Schlägl Abbey at Schlägl (Upper Austria): Premonstratensian canons
  • Schlierbach Abbey at Schlierbach (Upper Austria): Cistercian monks
  • Schönbühel Friary at Schönbühel-Aggsbach (Lower Austria): Servite friars (vacant since 1980)
  • Schwaz Friary at Schwaz (Tyrol): Franciscan friars
  • Seckau Abbey at Seckau (Styria): Benedictine monks; formerly Augustinian Canons
  • Seitenstetten Abbey at Seitenstetten (Lower Austria): Benedictine monks
  • Spital am Pyhrn Priory (dissolved) at Spital am Pyhrn (Upper Austria): hospital run by a community of lay brothers; later a collegiate foundation, afterwards a priory
  • Stainz Priory (dissolved) at Stainz (Styria): Augustinian Canons
  • Stams Abbey at Stams (Tyrol): Cistercian monks
  • Suben Priory (dissolved) at Suben (Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons

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  • Telfs Friary at Telfs (Tyrol): Franciscan friars
  • Traunkirchen Abbey (dissolved) at Traunkirchen (Upper Austria)[8]: Benedictine nuns
  • Traunsee Abbey, see Traunkirchen Abbey

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Vienna, Schottenstift
Vienna, Schottenstift

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Wilhering Abbey
Wilhering Abbey

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ including the former Austrian territory of the South Tyrol now in Italy (the Province of Bolzano-Bozen)
  2. ^ a b c d e f formerly Austria, now Italy
  3. ^ situated very close to the border with Germany, and now used as student accommodation for the University of Passau
  4. ^ the former Camaldolese church, now the St. Josefskirche, remains
  5. ^ aka Steyler Missionaries
  6. ^ 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, in a part of the Tyrol then in Austria, now in Italy
  7. ^ now known as Schloss Pöllau
  8. ^ a re-foundation of an earlier Benedictine monastery, Traunsee Abbey, nearby but not on the same site, possibly located at Altmünster
  9. ^ 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

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