Agnes Fabianek

Agnes Fabianek (born February 18, 1941 as Anna Fabianek in Sitzendorf an der Schmida ; † January 18, 2015 in Lutherstadt Eisleben ) was an Austrian Cistercian , abbess and prioress who also worked in Germany.

life and work

Anna Fabianek grew up in Roseldorf in the Weinviertel , attended the humanistic branch of the Federal High School in Hollabrunn and in 1961 entered the Cistercian Abbey of Mariastern-Gwiggen . She took the religious name Agnes and made solemn profession in 1963. From 1968 to 2005 she was abbess of her monastery. In 1974 she founded the Cistercian convent Marienfeld together with the later Cardinal Hans Hermann Groër and sent eight of her sisters to the new monastery. From 2009 until her death she headed the Cistercian monastery of Helfta (as the successor to the founding prioress Assumpta Schenkl ), initially as administrator and from 2010 as elected prioress .

(with others) history of the Cistercian abbey Mariastern, Gwiggen. Beginnings and career in 750 years. Convention of the Cistercian abbeys in Mariastern, Gwiggen, Kalchrain, Feldbach, Tänikon, Gwiggen, Mariastern Abbey, self-published, 1980.

personal data
SURNAME	Fabianek, Agnes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fabianek, Anna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Cistercian, abbess and prioress
DATE OF BIRTH	February 18, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sitzendorf on the Schmida
DATE OF DEATH	January 18, 2015
Place of death	Lutherstadt Eisleben