St. Koloman Monastery

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East view of the monastery

The St. Koloman Monastery is the Provincial House of the Steyler Mission Sisters in Stockerau at Hornerstrasse 75.

history

At the point in Stockerau, where St. Koloman had executed, a chapel was first built and expanded into a church in the 15th century. In 1643 the Franciscans built a monastery, which was closed by Emperor Joseph II in 1784 . After that, the building changed hands several times.

In 1912 it was acquired by the Steyler Missionary Sisters and used again as a monastery. In the same year, work began on a new building, according to the plans of architect Bruno Buchwieser senior , which was inaugurated on November 23, 1913. From 1936 to 1937 the monastery was expanded again with Buchwieser to include a north wing and a new monastery church was built, and in 1978 a four-story extension was added to the south.

As part of a monastery tower, the National Socialists expropriated the sisters in 1940 and used the house as a resettlement camp and the headquarters of the Gauleitung. In 1945 the Red Army set up a military hospital in the old building, and the Steyler Mission Sisters were able to use the new building as a monastery again. On August 9, 1946, the entire monastery was returned to the order.

business

Today the Steyler Missionary Sisters operate in Stockerau in addition to provincial leadership and mission procuration:

  • Educational institutions:
    • Three-year technical school for social professions
    • One-year business school
  • such as:
  • Meeting place, with retreats, retreats, spiritual accompaniment
  • Vocation pastoral and temporary missionary (MaZ)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Object no. 66. St. Koloman Monastery. In: Kulturdenkmale.at. Lions Club Kreuzenstein, accessed August 7, 2020 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 10 ″  N , 16 ° 11 ′ 19 ″  E