MonasteryIrdning

Irdning Abbey

Abbey

The Capuchin Monastery Irdning, a historic monastery in Styria, is on a small hill in the village of Falkenburg. Originally a hunting lodge, it was transformed into a Capuchin monastery in the early 18th century and remains a place of monastic life to this day.

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The origins of the current monastery date back to 1615, when the Praunfalk family built the Falkenburg hunting lodge on this site, which gave the locality its name. In 1711, under Siegmund Freiherr von Welserheim, the castle was converted into a Capuchin monastery. The associated St. Joseph Monastery Church, whose construction also began in 1711, was consecrated in 1718. After a fire in 1777, the church was restored. Between 1998 and 1999, the monastery underwent extensive renovation, as well as structural extensions and modifications.

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