Seckau Abbey

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Aerial photo of the Benedictine Abbey of Seckau, view from about SSE , main entrance in the west, church easted
Exterior view of the Seckau Abbey
Outer cloister courtyard and towers of the basilica, in the background the pilgrimage church Maria Schnee on the Hochalm , 1822  m above sea level. A.

The Abbey Seckau ( Abbey of Our Lady ; lat. Abbatia BMV Secoviensis ) is a monastery of the Benedictine in Seckau in Styria , Austria . It is a member of the Beuron congregation and was the bishopric of the diocese of Seckau until 1782 .

In 1140 Adalram von Waldeck founded a monastery for Augustinian canons in St. Marein near Knittelfeld . As early as 1142, the foundation was relocated to the Seckau plateau with the approval of Archbishop Konrad I of Salzburg . On September 16, 1164, Bishop Hartmann von Brixen consecrated the Romanesque church, which was built in 1143 . At the instigation of Pope Honorius III. and Archbishop Eberhard II of Salzburg , the Salzburg Suffragan Diocese Seckau was established in 1218 . The collegiate church now also became a cathedral church (which is why it is still called the cathedral in the mountains today). Until 1491 there was also a women's choir monastery in Seckau. In 1782 the monastery was abolished by Emperor Joseph II and the seat of the diocese was moved to Graz . The art treasures and books were carried away, more than a third of the monastery complex was torn down or fell into disrepair. In 1883 Benedictines from Beuron settled the monastery building and saved it from complete ruin. In 1940 the abbey was closed by the National Socialists and the monks were expelled from Styria. After the return of the convent in 1945, the abbey experienced another phase of reconstruction.

The western front of the monastery complex extends over 143 meters between two octagonal towers and two gates. The mighty building was built from 1625. To the south of the basilica is the Renaissance cloister built around 1588 . The east wing and a large part of the north wing fell victim to the repeal after 1782, as did the Gothic Ulrich Liechtenstein chapel.

The plan of the church, built from Seckau sandstone and elevated to a minor basilica in 1930, shows an elongated, three-aisled interior with three apses in the east. The originally flat wooden ceiling was replaced by a late Gothic ribbed vault between 1480 and 1500 . After the baroque north tower collapsed (1886), the west towers were rebuilt in a neo-Romanesque style. In 1964 the chancel of the basilica was redesigned by Clemens Holzmeister . The Romanesque wooden crucifixion group hovers above the high altar in a suspension combined with oak beams and iron chains. The Habsburg mausoleum in the front left aisle is one of the early Baroque main works of the Graz court. The Chapel of Mercy holds the Seckau miraculous image , the oldest miraculous image in Austria: according to legend, the founder Adalram found this relief made of jade-like stone in a tree and built the church at this point. The alabaster relief was probably created in a Venetian workshop around 1200 based on the Byzantine model of Nicopoia . A popular destination for lovers of modern art is the Angels chapel where Herbert Boeckl 1952-1960 in his Seckauer Apocalypse themes from the Book of Revelation in fresco technique showed.

Today, 11 Benedictine monks belong to the abbey, one of whom works outside the home (as of November 2018). In 2010, Father Johannes Fragner OSB was elected Prior - Administrator for three years and confirmed in this position in 2013 and 2016. On March 10, 2020 he was elected 8th abbot under the chairmanship of Abbot President Albert Schmidt and consecrated abbot on July 11, 2020 by Bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl .

history

Dedication sheet Seckau
West view of the Seckau monastery, from: Vischer - Topographia Ducatus Stiriae, 1681
Tribute Hall
Outer cloister courtyard of the Seckau Benedictine Abbey
View from the towers of the basilica to the south tower and the west wing of the monastery
Inner courtyard
Cloister in the inner courtyard

Middle Ages and Early Modern Times

The monastery was in 1140 as an Augustinian canons - pin of Adalram of Waldegg in St. Marein founded and moved to Seckau 1,142th

The foundation of the monastery and the transfer to Seckau was confirmed by Pope Innocent II at the request of Archbishop Konrad I of Salzburg on March 12, 1143. The abbey church, a Romanesque basilica , was built from 1143 to 1164 and inaugurated on September 16, 1164.

According to the custom of the canons at the time, they should have founded a double monastery. The women choir should have come from Salzburg by 1150 at the latest (according to a documentary mention in a deed of donation from noble Burchard von Mureck in 1150). Adalram's wife Richinza von Perg is named as the founder. The women's monastery was attached to the canons' monastery, but was abandoned at the end of the 15th century when the last two nuns had died. The buildings were then taken over by the monastery and were largely lost. Only today's bishop's chapel, the place of prayer for the choir women, still exists today. The founding family, Adalram von Waldeck and Richinza, entered the double monastery in Seckau shortly before 1152. Adalram von Waldeck's date of entry into the Canons' Monastery is known as 25 February 1147. The living Adalram von Waldeck was last mentioned in a document on November 29, 1182 in the Traungau deed of Duke Otakar IV.

1218 was at the instigation of Pope Honorius III. and Archbishop Eberhard II of Salzburg established a bishopric ( Suffragandiocese ) in Seckau , the diocese of which, however, only had a small size. The porch of the church was enlarged to be used as a place of justice. Around 1270 a land register , a list of goods, was created. This is one of the oldest of its kind in Austria and serves as a source for medieval economic history. In 1279 the Ulrich Liechtenstein Chapel was consecrated by Bishop Wernhard von Marsbach . However, the early Gothic building was demolished in 1840 because it was dilapidated. After Pest (1466), locusts (1478) and Turks Marein Knittelfeld invasions to Saint (1480) dedicated Bishop Matthias Scheit 1489 St. Mary crowning altar. Almost a hundred years later, Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria had the mausoleum built, the most magnificent Renaissance monument this side of the Alps, a manifestation of denominational absolutism in the Mannerist style , the main work of Sebastian Carlone . The construction period lasted from 1587 to 1611/12. Under provost Wolfgang Schweiger (1587–1589) the reconstruction of the central wing of the monastery main building and the construction of the imposing late Renaissance cloister by Bernhard de Silvo took place.

Between 1625 and 1628, under Provost Anton von Potiis, the mighty west wing of the monastery with 29 window axes and the adjoining side wings extending to the central wing, once the prelature of the monastery, were built. This building in the late Renaissance style, which surrounds the first monastery courtyard, shows a threefold, 110-meter-long row of arcades, the pillars of which are placed in front of narrow pilasters . The outer facade is kept simple and is only interrupted by the two portals carved in white shell limestone (the southern one with the coat of arms of the provost and the year 1625, the northern one with the coat of arms and the year 1628). Thus, the cathedral monastery received the character that still delights the visitor today: a defensive character of a small " Escorial " with originally four corner towers, of which only two - north and south towers - are preserved, and the protective wall with the loopholes. Inside the building there are two hall buildings on the 2nd floor: the so-called Kaisersaal (1640) and the Radmeistersaal, newly furnished with original stucco ceilings on the occasion of Emperor Leopold I's visit in 1660.

The adjacent wing structures had already been rebuilt beforehand by Bernhard de Silvo and Thomas Solari, and the tribute hall in the central wing (connection between the church and the south wing) has a magnificent stucco ceiling.

Like Sebastian Carlone , the Leoben master builder Peter Franz Carlone , who came from the Carlone family of artists , was in the service of the Provost Maximilian Ernst von Gleispach from 1658 to 1682. From 1658 Carlone carried out the following construction measures in Seckau: Conversion of the eastern half of the south and east wing of the monastery into a two-storey building, conversion of the west wing of the cloister by adding storeys between the church and the tribute hall and the construction of the new courtyard tavern ("Hofwirt") from 1671 redesign of the west facade of the monastery and the towers of the basilica. The complete Baroque transformation of the Romanesque basilica intended by Dompropst Maximilian was not carried out because of the limited financial resources due to the constant threat from the Turks.

During the visit of Emperor Leopold I from August 21 to 23, 1660, the place received market rights.

19th century - decay and construction

In 1782, Emperor Joseph II dissolved the monastery, which had served as the spiritual and religious center of Styria for 642 years. The bishopric was moved to Graz . The parts of the building then fell into disrepair; the last Seckau canon died in 1835. Due to the mausoleum and the Habsburgs buried in it , however, the monastery was not dismantled . The new owner was initially the state, from 1823 the Vordernberger Radmeister community acquired the monastery property. This was mainly interested in the monastery forest ownership. Many works of art were lost during this time, only the manuscripts from the Romanesque and Gothic periods reached Graz via Vienna: the manuscripts in the monastery library came into the possession of the Graz University Library and the Styrian State Archives . During the suspension period, the entire facility deteriorated rapidly. Leopold von Pebal, administrator of the monastery, had the jewelry removed from the bishops' tombs and from the Habsburg mausoleum and the tin coffins of the buried people melted down. The former monastery fell into ruin. The north wing, the residential wing of the parish clergy, and the west wing, which housed the post office and a school, among other things, were excluded from the decline. Within four decades, the entire east wing, which was partially covered to avoid the roof tax, and the Ulrich Liechtenstein Chapel (1277), one of the oldest Gothic buildings in Austria, weathered.

In 1883 Benedictines from the Beuron Archabbey , who had to leave Germany due to the Kulturkampf under Chancellor Bismarck , settled in the monastery from Emaus Monastery in Prague . The monks looked for another place of refuge for their large community and found it at the request of Prince-Bishop Johannes Zwerger in the former cathedral monastery of Seckau. The takeover of the property from the Vordernberger Radmeister community cost the Beuron congregation 70,000 guilders.

The reopening of "Neu-Seckau" took place on the day of the birth of Mary in 1883 in the presence of Bishop Zwerger and the founder abbot of the Beuron congregation, Maurus Wolter . 100 years after the dissolution and decline, monks lived again within the monastery walls. The construction turned out to be difficult: on May 26th, 1886 the ailing north tower of the basilica collapsed, because of the existing danger the south tower was demolished. From 1891 to 1894 the west towers were built in the neo-Romanesque style , the basilica was expanded to include a transept, a new high altar and the side altars in the reconstructed apses were built, the monks' choir with its impressive choir stalls was integrated into the former altar area Interior of the bishop's chapel renewed and the grace chapel built. During the construction, Pope Leo XIII. the monastery to the abbey, whose first abbot was Father Ildefons Schober (1849–1918). The construction work on the basilica was completed in 1899.

The driving force behind the rebuilding of the monastery was undoubtedly its first abbot, Ildefons Schober. The clergyman opened a Brethren and Oblate School, which was converted into an abbey high school in 1926. In 1931 the grammar school was granted public rights. Schober served in Seckau from 1887 to 1908.

20th century - expropriation and restitution

New version of the oldest image of grace in Austria (around 1200)
Romanesque crucifixion group in the newly designed high altar area of ​​the basilica

In early April 1940 the Gestapo declared the monks to be hostile to the state, expelled them and expropriated them. The monastery was confiscated and from then on housed a national political educational institution . Of the 86 monks, 24 fathers and lay brothers were called up for military service, which two of them did not survive. Four of them are missing. Older Benedictine friars found acceptance in the monasteries of the Beuron congregation, some of them experienced further dissolution of their convents. The remainder lived scattered outside Styria and performed pastoral care, twenty monks died in exile.

Shortly after the end of the war, on September 8, 1945, they were allowed to return to Seckau and reopen the abbey. The full restitution of the property by the Graz regional finance office did not take place until June 1947. The damage to human and material assets was great. Art objects had been stolen, the property and the building fabric were depreciated due to insufficient maintenance.

After the neglect in the 19th century, a new phase of construction began. In 1945 the Abbey High School was established, initially with two classes. In spite of the adverse economic situation, the school and boarding school operations were not only maintained, but it was also possible to expand them until the first school leaving examination could take place in 1950. In the same year, major restoration work was carried out in the basilica, and art treasures shone in new splendor. The oldest miraculous image in Austria from the 12th century received a new version. It belongs to the type of a Nikopoia . Temporary altars were replaced with new ones made of stone, bells and bells were modernized.

In 1951 restorations followed in the tribute hall, on the south wing, in the arcade courtyard and in other places. From 1952 to 1960 the artist Herbert Boeckl designed the fresco of the "Seckau Apocalypse" in the angel chapel. In 1955/56 the “Hofwirt” inn and hotel, a baroque building and former seat of the collegiate lawyers, was renovated and enlarged.

In 1964, in the year of the 800th anniversary of the consecration, Clemens Holzmeister began renovating the basilica. The church vestibule was largely cleared out, and the high altar area was redesigned in line with Vatican II . A popular altar and an ambo were built, the Romanesque crucifixion group was hung over the altar and a stone window was built into the central apse. (The consecration took place on September 5, 1964.)

At the beginning of the 1980s, further restructuring and renovations began in the monastery. From 1983 the entire school wing, which was still quite desolate, was restored and rebuilt. Girls were admitted to school for the first time, and the grammar school was expanded into an 8-stage full grammar school. From the pure boarding school a day home school developed, as an additional educational offer a craft training is offered to this day. By 1999 Volker Giencke had done a modern school renovation, a light-flooded painting room was built in the attic of the school, and a new gymnasium was integrated into the north wing ruins. The roofs were renewed and the “state rooms” of the monastery were restored. In addition, Heribert Nothnagel designed the "student chapel" in the southern defense tower in 1991.

In 1999 Volker Giencke redesigned the inner courtyard of the facility. The dividing wall drawn in by the Benedictines between the church entrance and the cloister courtyard has been removed, and extensive stairs lead into the church.

Seckau today

In 2000, Father Johannes Gartner was elected Abbot of Seckau. During his tenure, the boarding school was finally closed and the focus was placed on the day home school. The kitchen and dining rooms have been redesigned. The Lady Chapel was in 2005 by Adolf Bachler its present equipment. In 2010 Abbot Johannes Gartner resigned from his position and returned to his home monastery in Seitenstetten .

Although the monastic community has become small, prayer, worship and the care of guests are an important part of their monastic activities.

In the monastery there is a carpentry, a distillery and a small shop.

Abbey high school

In the monastery there is a humanistic-modern language high school, in which general education and basic humanistic-Christian attitudes are imparted.

Almost 300 children and young people are currently attending the Abbey High School. Well-known graduates are, for example, the Austrian actor Friedrich von Thun and Alois Stadlober , former high-performance athletes in the cross-country skiing world cup .

Basilica of the Assumption

Bishop's Chapel, Coronation Altar of the Virgin Mary (consecrated in 1489)
Seckau Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - interior view after renovation in 2017.

The construction of the collegiate church lasted from 1143 to 1164, the year of consecration. The first provost of the abbey, Wernher von Galler, began under the influence of Archbishop Konrad I of Salzburg with the construction of the three-aisled basilica, which today has a simple double tower facade in the neo-Romanesque style.

Between 1671 and 1677 the church, built in Romanesque style, was partially redesigned in Baroque style. It was directed by the builder Peter Franz Carlone . In 1886 the basilica was extended by an extension according to the plans of the Benedictine priest Pirmin Campani and the management of the Viennese cathedral builder Freiherr Friedrich von Schmidt .

The church has a Romanesque crucifixion group from the 12th century, which was originally on the stone rood screen of the church. A chapel has been set up in the south tower. A Habsburg mausoleum was built in the two front yokes of the left aisle between 1587 and 1611/12 by Northern Italian masters. The memorial is considered to be a major artistic work of the Grazer Hof in early Baroque style.

Several attached chapels branch off from the basilica: on the north side the angel chapel, the grace chapel and the bishop's chapel, on the south side the choir chapel. The angel chapel contains a cycle in fresco technique, the "Seckau Apocalypse". Created by the artist Herbert Boeckl from 1952 to 1960 , the scene from the Revelation of John is one of the most important works of sacred art in Austria after 1945. A special feature in the bishop's chapel is the Gothic Coronation Altar, which was once in the middle of the church on the high choir the place of prayer of the canons, and was placed in the bishop's chapel in 1950. It shows a representation of the Trinity as a body with two arms and two legs, on which three heads are enthroned.

In 1930, the former cathedral became the fourth church in Austria after the Basilica of Mariazell (1907), the Sacred Heart Basilica in Hall in Tirol (1914) and the Basilica Maria Rotunda (Dominican Church) in Vienna (1927) to receive the title of papal Awarded to the minor basilica .

A comprehensive interior renovation of the basilica, a backup, purification and desalination (disenfranchisement) of the sandstone of the Church or the Habsburg mausoleum, the new installation of the church floor, replacing the broken glass windows , the combined inventory and a new lighting and sound equipment included , at the beginning of the diocesan jubilee 800 years of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau was concluded on the 1st Sunday of Advent 2017 with the celebration of a pontifical ministry and the associated blessing by the Styrian diocesan bishop Wilhelm Krautwaschl .

Former Karner

Former Karner

The former charnel house of the abbey is located east of the basilica in the monastery garden. From the late Romanesque rotunda, only a few remains of the wall are preserved today: parts of the foundation walls and the apse arch . The ossuary was originally the Magdalenenkapelle and, like the entire abbey complex, is a listed building.

Abbots and Prior Administrators

Surname Term of office additive
Ildefon's racks 1887-1908 1896–1902 Superior General of the Congregation of St. Ottilien, 1908–1917 Archabbot of Beuron
Laurentius Zeller 1908-1922, 1925 1925 Abbot of St. Matthias in Trier, later Archabbot of the Brazilian
Congregation and in 1939 Titular Bishop in Brazil, † 1945
Suitbert Birkle 1925-1926
Benedict Reetz 1926-1957 1957 Archabbot of Beuron, 1960 Abbot Praeses of the Beuron Congregation, 1962–1964 participant in Vatican II
Placidus Wolf 1957-1983
Athanasius Recheis 1984-1997 Brother of the Austrian author Käthe Recheis for children and young people
Severin Schneider 1997-2000 (1931–2018), Prior - Administrator , professed in 1951 , ordained a priest in 1956 , Cellerar from 2001–2006
Johannes Gartner 2000-2010 (1940–2020), professed in 1985, ordained a priest in 1967
Johannes Fragner 2010-2020 (* 1963), prior administrator 2010–2020
Johannes Fragner 2020– Abbot since March 10, 2020; Abts benediction on July 11, 2020

Well-known Seckau monks

Surname Life dates function
P. Joseph Gredt 1863-1940 Philosopher, university professor
P. Konstantin zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst 1864-1942 Canon lawyer, university professor
P. Laurentius Hora 1900-1977 Youth chaplain
P. Benno Roth 1903-1983 Church historian
P. Virgil Redlich 1890-1970 Philosopher, retreat leader, university professor
P. Celestin Vivell 1846-1923 Choral researcher
Br. Bernward Schmid 1920-2010 Blacksmith

The 10 euro silver coin "Benedictine Abbey Seckau"

On October 8, 2008, the last of a total of six 10 euro silver coins from the series Stifte and Monasteries in Austria of the Austrian Mint started in April 2006 , the 10 euro coin “Benedictine Abbey Seckau”, was released. An aerial photo of the abbey can be seen on the face of the coin. In the center of the coin is the Romanesque basilica with the neo-Romanesque towers. The Renaissance cloister can be seen to the left of the main nave. The reverse side of the coin shows the interior of the basilica with the crucifixion group.

The coin has a diameter of 3.2 centimeters, is made of 16 grams of silver and is available in circulation quality at face value and for collectors in the special mint quality hand-lifted and polished plate . You can use it to pay as legal tender in Austria.

The other five 10 euro silver coins belonging to the series “ Stifts und Klosterneuburg” show the Benedictine Abbey Nonnberg in Salzburg , the Lower Austrian monasteries Göttweig , Melk and Klosterneuburg and the Carinthian monastery St. Paul in Lavanttal .

literature

  • Norbert Allmer: Seckau. In: Floridus Röhrig (ed.): The former monasteries of the Augustinian Canons in Austria and South Tyrol. Mayer, Klosterneuburg 2005, ISBN 3-902177-22-5 , pp. 503-556. (= Austrian Canons' Book).
  • Herbert Boeckl : The Apocalypse. The frescoes in the angel chapel of the Seckau Abbey. Introduction by Werner Hofmann. Text selection by Gernot Eder. Edition Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 1983, edition: 3000 copies.
  • Rudolf Flotzinger : Seckau. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
  • Rudolf List : Styrian Church Leader. Volume 2: Oberland . Styria, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1979, ISBN 3-222-11008-5 , pp. 210-218.
  • Benno Roth : Seckau, the cathedral in the mountains. Art topography from the 12th to the 20th century Styria, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-222-11313-0 .
  • Benno Roth: Seckau, the cathedral in the mountains . Styria, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-222-11313-0 . (Reprint of 1984 edition)
  • Benno Roth: Seckau, history and culture 1164–1964. For the 800th anniversary of the consecration of the basilica . Herold, Munich / Vienna 1964.
  • Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau . Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1965.
  • Benno Roth: Seckau Benedictine Abbey . Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1976. (3rd edition)
  • Othmar Stary, Wim van der Kallen: For the life of the world. Meditations on the crucifixion group from Seckau with a cultural-historical contribution on the depiction of the crucifixion and explanations of the Seckau cross sequence . St. Gabriel, Mödling / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-85264-248-5 .
  • Kurt Woisetschläger, Peter Krenn: DEHIO Steiermark (excluding Graz) . Schroll, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-7031-0532-1 , p. 510-517 .
  • Othmar Stary: Benedictine Abbey Seckau (with photos by Father Severin Schneider and Christian Jungwirth), 43 pages. Self-published by Benedictine Abbey Seckau, Seckau 1999, ISBN 3-901500-03-0 .
  • Between the moment and eternity. A stroll through the Benedictine abbey of Seckau . Text: Rosemarie Eichwalder, photos: P. Severin Schneider, Christian Jungwirth. Edited by the Seckau Benedictine Abbey. Self-published by Benedictine Abbey Seckau, Seckau 2000, ISBN 3-901500-03-0 .

Web links

Commons : Seckau Abbey  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benno Roth: Seckau, The cathedral in the mountains . Styria, Graz 1995, ISBN 3-222-11313-0 .
  2. ↑ a b Monks of the Abbey , homepage of the Seckau Abbey, accessed on November 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ Johannes Fragner elected 8th Abbot of Seckau. In: Archdiocese of Vienna . March 11, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  4. ^ Re-election of P. Johannes Fragner as Prior of Seckau. In: ordensgemeinschaften.at. June 5, 2013, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Abbot's election , homepage of the Benedictine Abbey of Seckau, accessed on March 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ a b Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 47.
  7. ↑ Entry on Sebastian Carlone, Seckau Abbey on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project of the University of Innsbruck , accessed on April 5, 2014.
  8. ^ A b Rudolf List: Art and Artists in Styria. P. 895. (Volume 3)
  9. ^ Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 49.
  10. ^ Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 14.
  11. ^ Entry on Peter Franz Carlone, Seckau Abbey on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project by the University of Innsbruck , accessed on April 6, 2014.
  12. ^ Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 50.
  13. ^ Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 12.
  14. ↑ Leander Helmling: Emaus. Brief history and description of the Church and Convent of Our l. Mrs. von Montserrat zu Emaus in Prague , Prague 1903, p. 64 u. 66; Annals Monastery Emaus I, z. BS 262ff.
  15. ^ A b c Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 13.
  16. ↑ a b Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 15.
  17. ^ Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 15f.
  18. ^ Benno Roth: Benedictine Abbey Seckau. P. 16.
  19. ↑ P. Othmar Stary: Benediktinerabtei Seckau, Seckau 1999, p. 11.
  20. ↑ Homepage of the Abbey High School in Seckau
  21. ↑ Church renovation. In: abtei-seckau.at. Retrieved February 28, 2019 .
  22. ^ P. Johannes Fragner OSB new abbot of Seckau , homepage of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau, accessed on March 23, 2020.
  23. ↑ P. Johannes Fragner elected abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Seckau , homepage of the religious orders of Austria, accessed on March 23, 2020.
  24. ↑ a b A new 10 euro coin for the "Seckau Abbey" , page on www.pressetext.com from April 6, 2008, accessed on April 7, 2014.

Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '26 "  N , 14 ° 47' 10"  E