Austria List of Christian monasteries in Austria

1 austria

1.1 a
1.2 b
1.3 d
1.4 e
1.5 f
1.6 g
1.7 h
1.8 i
1.9 k
1.10 l
1.11 m
1.12 n
1.13 o
1.14 p
1.15 r
1.16 s
1.17 t
1.18 v
1.19 w
1.20 z

austria
a

admont abbey



admont abbey @ admont (styria): benedictine monks (and earlier nuns)
aggsbach charterhouse (dissolved) @ aggsbach (lower austria): carthusians
altenburg abbey @ altenburg (lower austria): benedictine monks
altmünster, see traunkirchen abbey
ardagger priory (dissolved) @ ardagger (lower austria): men s collegiate foundation
arnoldstein abbey (dissolved) @ arnoldstein (carinthia): benedictine monks

b

bad gleichenberg friary @ bad gleichenberg (styria): franciscan friars
baumgartenberg abbey (dissolved) @ baumgartenberg (upper austria): cistercian monks; used sisters of shepherd , franciscan friars
bertholdstein abbey @ fehring (styria): benedictine nuns
capuchin friary, bludenz (vorarlberg): capuchin friars

d

dürnstein priory (dissolved) @ dürnstein in wachau (lower austria): augustinian canons

e

engelszell abbey @ engelhartszell der donau (upper austria): trappist monks, formerly cistercian monks
enns friary @ enns (upper austria): franciscan friars, formerly minorites

f

fiecht abbey, see st. georgenberg-fiecht abbey

g

göttweig abbey



gaming charterhouse (dissolved) @ gaming in scheibbs (upper austria): carthusians
garsten abbey (dissolved) @ garsten (upper austria): benedictine monks
geras abbey @ geras (lower austria): premonstratensian canons
gleink abbey (dissolved) @ gleink in steyr (upper austria): benedictine monks; later salesian sisters
göss abbey (dissolved) @ göss in leoben (styria): benedictine nuns
göttweig abbey @ furth (lower austria): benedictine monks
graz friary @ graz (styria): franciscan friars
gries abbey, see muri-gries abbey
griffen abbey (dissolved) @ griffen (carinthia): premonstratensian canons
gurk abbey (dissolved) @ gurk (carinthia): benedictine monks , nuns
gut aich priory @ sankt gilgen (salzburg): benedictine monks

h

heiligenkreuz abbey



hall in tirol (tyrol):

hall abbey (dissolved): women s collegiate foundation (damenstift)
franciscan friary
poor clares (dissolved)


hamberg college (dissolved) @ schardenberg (upper austria): salvatorian brothers
heiligenkreuz abbey @ heiligenkreuz (lower austria): cistercian monks
herzogenburg priory @ herzogenburg (formerly @ st. georgen der traisen, traismauer) (lower austria): augustinian canons
hohenfurt, see rein abbey

i

innsbruck (tyrol):

innsbruck friary: franciscan friars
redemptorist college, innsbruck: redemptorist fathers



k

kahlenberg hermitage (dissolved) @ josefsdorf, döbling (vienna): camaldolese hermits
klein-mariazell abbey (dissolved) @ kleinmariazell, altenmarkt der triesting (lower austria): benedictine monks
klostermarienberg abbey (dissolved) @ mannersdorf der rabnitz (burgenland): cistercian monks
klosterneuburg priory @ klosterneuburg (lower austria): augustinian canons
krems (lower austria): piarist fathers
kremsmünster abbey @ kremsmünster (upper austria): benedictine monks

l

lambach abbey



lambach abbey @ lambach (upper austria): benedictine monks
leibnitz friary @ leibnitz (styria): capuchin friars
redemptorist college, leoben, @ leoben (styria): redemptorist fathers
lienz friary @ lienz (east tyrol): carmelite friars until 1785, thereafter franciscan friars
lilienfeld abbey @ lilienfeld (lower austria): cistercian monks

m

melk abbey



mallersdorf abbey
maria enzersdorf (lower austria):

franciscan friary
poor clares
st. gabriel s mission house: missionaries of divine word (monks)


maria plain, see salzburg
maria roggendorf, see (1) marienfeld priory , (2) st. joseph s priory
mariastern abbey @ gwiggen, hohenweiler (vorarlberg): cistercian nuns
maria waldrast near matrei brenner (tyrol): servite friars
marienfeld priory @ marienfeld near hollabrunn (lower austria): cistercian nuns
marienkron abbey @ mönchhof (burgenland): cistercian nuns
mattsee priory @ mattsee (salzburg): secular canons, formerly benedictine monks
mauerbach charterhouse (dissolved) @ mauerbach (lower austria): carthusians
mehrerau abbey, see wettingen-mehrerau abbey
melk abbey @ melk (lower austria): benedictine monks
michaelbeuern abbey @ dorfbeuern (salzburg): benedictine monks
millstatt abbey (dissolved) @ millstatt (carinthia): benedictine monks; knights of order of st. george; jesuits
mondsee abbey (dissolved) @ mondsee (upper austria): benedictine monks

n

neuberg abbey (dissolved) @ neuberg der mürz (styria): cistercian monks
neukloster abbey, neukloster priory, @ wiener neustadt (lower austria): cistercian monks
nonnberg abbey, see salzburg

o

ossiach abbey



ossiach abbey (dissolved) @ ossiach (carinthia): benedictine monks

p

pernegg abbey (dissolved) @ pernegg (lower austria): premonstratensian canonesses 1584, thereafter premonstratensian canons
pöllau priory (dissolved) @ pöllau (styria): augustinian canons
pulgarn abbey @ pulgarn (upper austria): order of holy ghost
pupping friary @ pupping (upper austria): franciscan friars

r

ranshofen priory (dissolved) @ ranshofen (upper austria): augustinian canons
rattenberg priory (dissolved) @ rattenberg (tyrol): augustinian hermits
reichersberg priory @ reichersberg (upper austria): augustinian canons
rein abbey, known 1950-90 rein-hohenfurt abbey, @ rein in eisbach (styria): cistercian monks
reutte friary @ reutte (tyrol): franciscan friars
riederberg friary (sancta maria in paradyso) (dissolved) @ ried riederberg near sieghartskirchen (upper austria): franciscan friars (observants)

s

st georgenberg-fiecht abbey



st. paul s abbey in lavanttal



st. antony s friary in pinzgau, see salzburg
st. bernhard s abbey (dissolved) @ sankt bernhard-frauenhofen (lower austria): cistercian nuns, later jesuits
st. florian monastery @ sankt florian (upper austria): augustinian canons
st. george s abbey on längsee (dissolved) @ sankt georgen längsee (carinthia): benedictine nuns
st. georgen der traisen, traismauer: see herzogenburg abbey
st. georgenberg-fiecht abbey @ fiecht in vomp (tyrol): benedictine monks
st. joseph s priory @ maria roggendorf in hollabrunn (lower austria): benedictine monks
st. koloman s friary @ stockerau (lower austria): steyler mission sisters, formerly franciscans
st. lambrecht s abbey @ sankt lambrecht (styria): benedictine monks
sancta maria in paradyso, see riederberg
st. paul s abbey in lavanttal @ sankt paul im lavanttal (carinthia): benedictine monks
st. peter s archabbey, see salzburg
st. peter s priory @ bludenz (vorarlberg): augustinian nuns, later dominican sisters
st. pölten abbey (dissolved) @ sankt pölten (lower austria): augustinian canons; formerly benedictine monks
salzburg:

nonnberg abbey: benedictine nuns
st. antony s friary in pinzgau (dissolved) @ hundsdorf in bruck der glocknerstraße: franciscan friars
st. peter s archabbey, salzburg: benedictine monks
franciscan friary, salzburg
capuchin friary, salzburg
pallottine friary, salzburg




seitenstetten abbey



säusenstein abbey (dissolved) @ säusenstein (lower austria): cistercian monks
schlägl abbey @ schlägl (upper austria): premonstratensian canons
schlierbach abbey @ schlierbach (upper austria): cistercian monks
schönbühel friary @ schönbühel-aggsbach (lower austria): servite friars (vacant since 1980)
schwaz friary @ schwaz (tyrol): franciscan friars
seckau abbey @ seckau (styria): benedictine monks; formerly augustinian canons
seitenstetten abbey @ seitenstetten (lower austria): benedictine monks
spital pyhrn priory (dissolved) @ spital pyhrn (upper austria): hospital run community of lay brothers; later collegiate foundation, afterwards priory
stainz priory (dissolved) @ stainz (styria): augustinian canons
stams abbey @ stams (tyrol): cistercian monks
suben priory (dissolved) @ suben (upper austria): augustinian canons

t

telfs friary @ telfs (tyrol): franciscan friars
traunkirchen abbey (dissolved) @ traunkirchen (upper austria): benedictine nuns
traunsee abbey, see traunkirchen abbey

v

vienna, schottenstift



vienna:

augustinian friary augustinerkirche (austin friars)
capuchin friary kapuzinergruft , kapuzinerkirche
schottenstift on freyung, vienna: benedictine monks


villach friary @ villach (carinthia): franciscan friars
viktring abbey (dissolved) @ viktring (carinthia): cistercian monks
volders priory @ volders near innsbruck (tyrol): servite friars
vorau priory @ vorau (styria): augustinian canons

w

wilhering abbey



waldhausen priory (dissolved) @ waldhausen im strudengau (upper austria): augustinian canons
wernberg convent in schloss wernberg, wernberg (carinthia): mission sisters of precious blood
wettingen-mehrerau abbey @ bregenz (vorarlberg): cistercian monks; formerly benedictine monks
wilhering abbey @ wilhering (upper austria): cistercian monks
wilten abbey @ wilten in innsbruck (tyrol): premonstratensian canons

z

zwettl abbey @ zwettl (lower austria): cistercian monks




^ situated close border germany, , used student accommodation university of passau
^ former camaldolese church, st. josefskirche, remains
^ aka steyler missionaries
^ known schloss pöllau
^ re-foundation of earlier benedictine monastery, traunsee abbey, nearby not on same site, possibly located @ altmünster
^ mehrerau abbey benedictine monastery dissolved when part of austria transferred bavaria in 1806; after territory had been returned austria, empty premises re-settled in 1854 cistercian community of wettingen abbey in switzerland, had been expelled original home government of canton of aargau in 1841