MonasteryGarsten

Garsten Abbey

Prison

Stift Garsten, a former monastery, is situated in Garsten in the Steyr Land district of Upper Austria, Austria. It is renowned for its historical significance and impressive Baroque architecture, which now houses a correctional facility, while the former abbey church serves as a parish church.

History+

The monastery of Garsten was founded around 1082 by Otakar II as a collegiate church for secular canons, also serving as a private monastery and burial site for the Traungauers. From 1107, it evolved into a Benedictine priory and by 1110/11 achieved the status of an independent abbey under the patronage of Mary. The transition to the Benedictine order was marked by conflicts, as the canons were forced into the conversion. The first abbot, Berthold of Garsten, significantly contributed to the abbey's prominence.

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