List of Christian religious houses in Austria

This is an incomplete list of Christian religious houses in Austria, including those in territory historically Austrian but now in other countries, both for men and for women, whether or not still extant. All those so far listed are Roman Catholic.

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Austria[]

A[]

Admont Abbey at Admont (Styria): Benedictine monks (and earlier also nuns)
Aggsbach Charterhouse (dissolved) at Aggsbach (Lower Austria): Carthusians
Altenburg Abbey at Altenburg (Lower Austria): Benedictine monks
Altmünster, see Traunkirchen Abbey
Ardagger Priory (dissolved) at Ardagger (Lower Austria): men's collegiate foundation
Arnoldstein Abbey (dissolved) at Arnoldstein (Carinthia): Benedictine monks

B[]

Bad Gleichenberg Friary at Bad Gleichenberg (Styria): Franciscan friars
Baumgartenberg Abbey (dissolved) at Baumgartenberg (Upper Austria): Cistercian monks; now used by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd and Franciscan friars
Bertholdstein Abbey at Fehring (Styria): Benedictine nuns
Capuchin friary, Bludenz (Vorarlberg): Capuchin friars

D[]

Dürnstein Priory (dissolved) at Dürnstein in the Wachau (Lower Austria): Augustinian Canons

E[]

Engelszell Abbey at Engelhartszell an der Donau (Upper Austria): Trappist monks, formerly Cistercian monks
Enns Friary at Enns (Upper Austria): Franciscan friars, formerly Minorites

F[]

Fiecht Abbey, see St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey

G[]

Gaming Charterhouse (dissolved) at Gaming in Scheibbs (Upper Austria): Carthusians
Garsten Abbey (dissolved) at Garsten (Upper Austria): Benedictine monks
Geras Abbey at Geras (Lower Austria): Premonstratensian canons
Gleink Abbey (dissolved) at Gleink in Steyr (Upper Austria): Benedictine monks; later Salesian Sisters
Göss Abbey (dissolved) at Göss in Leoben (Styria): Benedictine nuns
Göttweig Abbey at Furth (Lower Austria): Benedictine monks
Graz Friary at Graz (Styria): Franciscan friars
Gries Abbey, see Muri-Gries Abbey
Griffen Abbey (dissolved) at Griffen (Carinthia): Premonstratensian canons
Gurk Abbey (dissolved) at Gurk (Carinthia): Benedictine monks and nuns
Gut Aich Priory at Sankt Gilgen (Salzburg): Benedictine monks

H[]

Hall in Tirol (Tyrol):
- Hall Abbey (dissolved): women's collegiate foundation (Damenstift)
- Franciscan friary
- Poor Clares (dissolved)
Hamberg College (dissolved)^[1] at Schardenberg (Upper Austria): Salvatorian brothers
Heiligenkreuz Abbey at Heiligenkreuz (Lower Austria): Cistercian monks
Herzogenburg Priory at Herzogenburg (formerly at St. Georgen an 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) at Josefsdorf, Döbling (Vienna): Camaldolese hermits^[2]
Klein-Mariazell Abbey (dissolved) at Kleinmariazell, Altenmarkt an der Triesting (Lower Austria): Benedictine monks
Klostermarienberg Abbey (dissolved) at Mannersdorf an der Rabnitz (Burgenland): Cistercian monks
Klosterneuburg Priory at Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria): Augustinian Canons
Krems (Lower Austria): Piarist Fathers
Kremsmünster Abbey at Kremsmünster (Upper Austria): Benedictine monks

L[]

Lambach Abbey at Lambach (Upper Austria): Benedictine monks
Leibnitz Friary at Leibnitz (Styria): Capuchin friars
Redemptorist College, Leoben, at Leoben (Styria): Redemptorist Fathers
Lienz (Tyrol):
- Carmelite friary
- Franciscan friary
Lilienfeld Abbey at Lilienfeld (Lower Austria): Cistercian monks

M[]

Maria Enzersdorf (Lower Austria):
- Franciscan friary
- Poor Clares
- St. Gabriel's Mission House: Missionaries of the Divine Word^[3] (monks)
Maria Plain, see Salzburg
Maria Roggendorf, see (1) Marienfeld Priory and (2) St. Joseph's Priory
Mariastern Abbey at Gwiggen, Hohenweiler (Vorarlberg): Cistercian nuns
Maria Waldrast near Matrei am Brenner (Tyrol): Servite friars
Marienfeld Priory at Marienfeld near Hollabrunn (Lower Austria): Cistercian nuns
Marienkron Abbey at Mönchhof (Burgenland): Cistercian nuns
Mattsee Priory at Mattsee (Salzburg): secular canons, formerly Benedictine monks
Mauerbach Charterhouse (dissolved) at Mauerbach (Lower Austria): Carthusians
Mehrerau Abbey, see Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey
Melk Abbey at Melk (Lower Austria): Benedictine monks
Michaelbeuern Abbey at Dorfbeuern (Salzburg): Benedictine monks
Millstatt Abbey (dissolved) at Millstatt (Carinthia): Benedictine monks; Knights of the Order of St. George; Jesuits
Mondsee Abbey (dissolved) at Mondsee (Upper Austria): Benedictine monks

N[]

Neuberg Abbey (dissolved) at Neuberg an der Mürz (Styria): Cistercian monks
Neukloster Abbey, now Neukloster Priory, at Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria): Cistercian monks
Nonnberg Abbey, see Salzburg

O[]

Ossiach Abbey (dissolved) at Ossiach (Carinthia): Benedictine monks

P[]

Pernegg Abbey (dissolved) at Pernegg (Lower Austria): Premonstratensian canonesses to 1584, thereafter Premonstratensian canons
Pöllau Priory (dissolved)^[4] at Pöllau (Styria): Augustinian Canons
Pulgarn Abbey at Pulgarn (Upper Austria): Order of the Holy Ghost
Pupping Friary at Pupping (Upper Austria): Franciscan friars

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)

S[]

St. Antony's Friary in the Pinzgau, see Salzburg
St. Bernhard's Abbey (dissolved) at Sankt Bernhard-Frauenhofen (Lower Austria): Cistercian nuns, later Jesuits
St. Florian's Priory at Sankt Florian (Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons
St. George's Abbey on the Längsee (dissolved) at Sankt Georgen am Längsee (Carinthia): Benedictine nuns
St. Georgen an der Traisen, Traismauer: see Herzogenburg Abbey
St. Georgenberg-Fiecht Abbey at Fiecht in Vomp (Tyrol): Benedictine monks
St. Joseph's Priory at Maria Roggendorf in Hollabrunn (Lower Austria): Benedictine monks
St. Koloman's Friary at Stockerau (Lower Austria): Steyler Mission Sisters, formerly Franciscans
St. Lambrecht's Abbey at Sankt Lambrecht (Styria): Benedictine monks
Sancta Maria in Paradyso, see Riederberg
St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal at Sankt Paul im Lavanttal (Carinthia): Benedictine monks
St. Peter's Archabbey, see Salzburg
St. Peter's Priory at Bludenz (Vorarlberg): Augustinian nuns, later Dominican Sisters
St. Pölten Abbey (dissolved) at Sankt Pölten (Lower Austria): Augustinian Canons; formerly Benedictine monks

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

T[]

Telfs Friary at Telfs (Tyrol): Franciscan friars
Traunkirchen Abbey (dissolved) at Traunkirchen (Upper Austria)^[5]: Benedictine nuns
Traunsee Abbey, see Traunkirchen Abbey

V[]

Vienna:
- Augustinian friary with the Augustinerkirche (Austin Friars)
- Capuchin friary with the Kapuzinergruft and Kapuzinerkirche
- Schottenstift on the Freyung, Vienna: Benedictine monks
Villach Friary at Villach (Carinthia): Franciscan friars
Viktring Abbey (dissolved) at Viktring (Carinthia): Cistercian monks
Volders Priory at Volders near Innsbruck (Tyrol): Servite friars
Vorau Priory at Vorau (Styria): Augustinian Canons

W[]

Waldhausen Priory (dissolved) at Waldhausen im Strudengau (Upper Austria): Augustinian Canons
Wernberg Convent in Schloss Wernberg, Wernberg (Carinthia): Mission Sisters of the Precious Blood
Wettingen-Mehrerau Abbey at Bregenz (Vorarlberg)^[6]: Cistercian monks; formerly Benedictine monks
Wilhering Abbey at Wilhering (Upper Austria): Cistercian monks
Wilten Abbey at Wilten in Innsbruck (Tyrol): Premonstratensian canons

Z[]

Zwettl Abbey at Zwettl (Lower Austria): Cistercian monks

Formerly in Austria[]

Province of Bolzano-Bozen, now in Italy[]

This area, also known as the South Tyrol, became part of Italy after the end of World War I^[7].

Brixen:
- St. Elizabeth's Priory, Brixen: Poor Clares
- Brixen Friary: Franciscan friars
Innichen:
- Innichen Abbey: Benedictine monks to 1141; thereafter men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)
- Innichen Friary: Franciscan friars
Franciscan friary, Kaltern
Marienberg Abbey at Burgeis: Benedictine monks
Muri-Gries Abbey at Gries-Quirein (Gries-San Quirino), Bolzano^[8]: Benedictine monks; formerly Augustinian Canons, then a men's collegiate foundation (Herrenstift)
Neustift Priory or Abbey at Neustift bei Brixen, Vahrn: Augustinian Canons
Säben Abbey at Klausen: Benedictine nuns

Notes[]

↑ situated very close to the border with Germany, and now used as student accommodation for the University of Passau
↑ the former Camaldolese church, now the St. Josefskirche, remains
↑ aka Steyler Missionaries
↑ now known as Schloss Pöllau
↑ a re-foundation of an earlier Benedictine monastery, Traunsee Abbey, nearby but not on the same site, possibly located at Altmünster
↑ 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
↑ occupied in 1918, formally annexed in 1920
↑ 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, then in Austria

Sources[]

(German) AEIOU: Austrian online encyclopedia

[1] situated very close to the border with Germany, and now used as student accommodation for the University of Passau

[2] the former Camaldolese church, now the St. Josefskirche, remains

[3] Steyler Missionaries

[4] w known as Schloss Pöllau

[5] re-foundation of an earlier Benedictine monastery, Traunsee Abbey, nearby but not on the same site, possibly located at Altmünster

[6] 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

[7] upied in 1918, formally annexed in 1920

[8] 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, then in Austria

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