List of monasteries in Austria

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The Kremsmünster Abbey .
The Benedictine women's monastery in Nonnberg .

The list of monasteries in Austria lists monasteries , abbeys and monasteries in Austria and South Tyrol in chronological order by year of foundation . The specified year of foundation as well as the founders or benefactors are uncertain for many institutions. Before the year 1200, many monasteries were first collegiate monasteries , in some monasteries religious and secular priests lived side by side at times.

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Surname founding closure medal ♂ / ♀ state Founder / benefactor comment
St. Peter at 696 OSB ♂ Salzburg St. Rupert in Salzburg, Archabbey
Nonnberg at 714 OSB ♀ Salzburg St. Rupert
Mondsee at 748 1791 OSB Upper Austria Duke Odilo of Bavaria canceled
San Candido at 769 OSB (South-Tirol) Duke Tassilo from about 1141 collegiate pen
Kremsmünster at 777 OSB Upper Austria Duke Tassilo  
Mattsee at 777 OSB Salzburg Duke Tassilo from approx. 1045 collegiate pen
St. Polten at 791 1784 CanReg Lower Austria Brothers Otgar and Adalbert von Mainz canceled
St. Florian around 800 CanReg Upper Austria ?  
Altmünster before 900 around 950 OSB Upper Austria ? destroyed
Michaelbeuern before 978 OSB Salzburg


Count Palatine Hartwig I of Bavaria
St. Georgen am Längsee around 1003 1783 OSB ♀ Carinthia Count Ottwin of Pustertal canceled
Göss 1004 1782 OSB ♀ Styria Countess Adula von Leoben and Aribo von Mainz canceled
Traunkirchen around 1020 1571 OSB ♀ Upper Austria Count Wilhelm von Raschenberg-Reichenhall dissolved
Ossiach around 1024 1783 OSB Carinthia Parents of Poppo from Aquileia canceled
Lambach around 1040 OSB Upper Austria Bishop Adalbero of Würzburg from 1056 OSB
Cucumber 1043 1072 OSB ♀


Carinthia St. Hemma of Gurk dissolved
Suben 1050 (approx.); Second foundation in 1126 1787 CanReg Upper Austria canceled
Gloggnitz Castle 1094 1803 OSB Lower Austria dissolved
Millstatt around 1070 1773 OSB Carinthia


Count Aribo from 1579 SJ, repealed in 1773
Admont 1074 OSB Styria St. Hemma von Gurk and Gebhard von Salzburg  
St. Lambrecht 1076 OSB Styria Count Markwart IV and Duke Heinrich III. from Eppenstein Repealed 1786–1805
Cooked 1082 1787 OSB Upper Austria Ottokar II of Steyr canceled
Göttweig 1083 OSB Lower Austria Altmann from Passau from 1094 OSB
Reichersberg 1084 CanReg Upper Austria Wernher von Reichersberg  
Melk 1089 OSB Lower Austria Leopold II.  
St. Paul in the Lavant Valley 1091 OSB Carinthia Count Engelbert I of Spanheim Abolished in 1782, repopulated in 1809
More rough 1097 OSB Vorarlberg Count Ulrich X. of Bregenz Secularized in 1806, rebuilt as Wettingen-Mehrerau in 1854
Seitenstetten 1112 OSB Lower Austria Udalschalk von Stille und Heft  
Arnoldstein 1107 1783 OSB Carinthia Otto von Bamberg canceled
Klosterneuburg around 1108 CanReg Lower Austria Leopold III.  
St. Georgen ad Traisen 1112 1244 CanReg Lower Austria Ulrich I of Passau to Herzog Burg published
Gleink 1123 1784 OSB Upper Austria Lords of Gleink-Volkersdorf and Leopold the Strong canceled
Ranshofen 1125 1810 CanReg Upper Austria Duke Henry the Black in Braunau, repealed
Purely 1129 OCist Styria Leopold the Strong  
Heiligenkreuz 1133 OCist Lower Austria Leopold III.  
Kleinmariazell 1134 1782 OSB Lower Austria Heinrich and Rapoto von Schwarzburg-Nöstach canceled
Wilten before 1138 OPraem Tyrol Bishop Reginbert von Brixen  
St. Georgenberg 1138 at the latest 1706 OSB Tyrol Bishop Reginbert von Brixen Monastic community in the manner of a hermit monastery founded around 950 by Rathold von Aibling . Relocated to Fiecht in 1706
Zwettl 1138 OCist Lower Austria Hadmar I. von Kuenring  
Seckau 1140 CanReg Styria Adalram from Waldeck Repealed in 1782, OSB from 1883
Baumgartenberg 1142 1782 OCist Upper Austria Otto von Machland canceled
Neustift near Brixen 1142 CanReg (South-Tirol) Hartmann von Brixen 1807–1816 repealed
Viktring 1142 1786 OCist Carinthia Bernhard von Spanheim canceled
Altenburg 1144 OSB Lower Austria Countess Hildeburg of Poigen-Rebgau  
Wilhering 1146 OCist Upper Austria Ulrich and Cholo von Wilhering  
Waldhausen 1147 1786 CanReg Upper Austria Otto von Machland canceled
Marienberg around 1150 OSB (South-Tirol) Lords of Tarasp Repealed from 1807 to 1816
Geras 1153 OPraem Lower Austria Ekbert and Ulrich von Pernegg  
Pernegg around 1153 1783 OPraem ♀, ♂ Lower Austria Ekbert and Ulrich von Pernegg 1584 male monastery, abolished in 1783
Schottenstift in Vienna around 1155 OSB Vienna Heinrich II. Jasomirgott  
Gussing 1157 1263 OSB Burgenland Count Wolfer 12th century already integrated into the castle complex, compensation for the monks in 1263
Advance 1163 CanReg Styria Ottokar III.  
Marienberg 1197 OCist Burgenland Dominik Bors in Klostermarienberg
Lily field 1202 OCist Lower Austria Leopold VI.  
Schlägl before 1204; (1218 second foundation) OPraem (OCist) Upper Austria Kalhoch von Falkenstein Decline of the Cistercian Foundation around 1214/1215; 1218 re-establishment d. OPraem;
Friesach 1216 2015 OP Carinthia Hyacinth of Poland dissolved
Graz first half of the 13th century. OFM Styria
Stainz around 1229 1785 CanReg Styria Leutold von Wildon canceled
Brixen (South Tyrol) around 1235 OSCI ♀ (South-Tirol)
Brixen (South Tyrol) around 1235 OFM (South-Tirol) belongs to the Brixen Poor Clare Monastery
Handles 1236 1786 OPraem Carinthia Bishop Eckbert of Bamberg canceled
Stams 1273 OCist Tyrol Elisabeth and Meinhard II of Tyrol  
Saint Bernhard 1277 1773 OCist Lower Austria Stephan of Maissau Repealed in 1586, Jesuits from 1586 to 1773
Engelszell 1293 OCist Upper Austria Wernhart of Passau Repealed in 1786, OCSO from 1926
Pulp yarn 1303 1773 Holy Spirit Order Upper Austria Hans (Janns) von Kapellen and Margaretha von Falkenstein Men and women monastery, abolished in 1773
Mauerbach 1316 1782 OCart Lower Austria Friedrich the fair canceled
Neuberg 1327 1786 OCist Styria Otto the Merry canceled
Charterhouse Gaming 1330 1782 OCart Lower Austria Albrecht II. canceled
Säusenstein 1336 1789 OCart Lower Austria Eberhard V. von Walsee canceled
Lienz 1349 OCarm Tyrol Countess Euphemie of Gorizia Abolished in 1785, then a Franciscan monastery
Saint Peter 1354 Vorarlberg
Schlierbach 1355 OCist ♀ Upper Austria


Eberhard V. von Walsee Women's monastery founded in 1355, men's monastery from 1620
Aggsbach Charterhouse 1380 1782 OCart Lower Austria Heidenreich of Maissau canceled
Mattighofen 1438 Upper Austria Hans von Kuchler, Katharina von Krey Collegiate monastery, raised to provost in 1685
New monastery 1444 OCist Lower Austria Friedrich III. Merged with Heiligenkreuz Abbey in 1880/81 ; End of self-employment
Maria Enzersdorf 1454 OFM Lower Austria


Johannes Capistranus
Pupping 1477 OFM Upper Austria


Counts of Schaunberg
black 1507 OFM Tyrol
Vienna 14th century OSCI Vienna Lobkowitzplatz 1 / Kärntner Strasse 28–32
innsbruck 1563 OFM Tyrol Emperor Ferdinand I.
Haller women's pen 1567 1783 Colleges Tyrol Ferdinand II. canceled
Salzburg 1583 OFM Salzburg Archbishop Georg von Khuenburg
Salzburg 1602 OFMCap Salzburg
innsbruck 1613 OSM Tyrol Anna Katharina Gonzaga
Maria Waldrast 1624 OSM Tyrol Archduke Leopold V.
Eisenstadt 1625 2018 OFM Burgenland Count Nikolaus Esterházy canceled
Reutte 1628 2014 OFM Tyrol Archduke Leopold V.
Vienna 1633 OFMCap Vienna
Kaltern 1639 OFM (South-Tirol) Greiff brothers and Claudia von Medici
Leibnitz 1643 OFMCap Styria
St. Koloman 1643 SSpS Lower Austria
Hall in Tirol 1644 OFM Tyrol Georg von Ettenhart
Maria Langegg 1647 1974 OSM Lower Austria Nikolaus Schober Hartenbach given up; since 1993 the monastery has been a branch of the Community of Beatitudes
Gussing 1648 OFM Burgenland
 Georg von Ettenhart
Free City 1654 1785 OFMCap Upper Austria City of Freistadt and Heinrich Wilhelm Graf von Starhemberg canceled
Schönbühel 1666 1904 OSM Lower Austria Conrad Balthasar von Starhemberg not occupied since 1904
Windhaag 1668 1782 OP ♀ Upper Austria


Joachim Enzmilner Confirmed in 1673, repealed in 1782, owned by the municipality
Frauenkirchen 1669 OFM Burgenland
Wernberg 1672 Carinthia


Imst 1674 2016 OFMCap Tyrol
Hallein 1682 1810 OESA Salzburg Max Gandolf von Kuenburg Repealed in 1810, building damaged by fire in 1943, demolished in 1962
Säben Monastery 1687 OSB ♀ (South-Tirol) Johann Franz Count Khuen von Belasi  
San Candido 1690 OFM (South-Tirol) Tyrolean Franciscan Province
Volders 1698 OSM Tyrol Johann Franz Count Khuen von Belasi  
Telfs 1705 OFM Tyrol
St. Georgenberg-Fiecht 1708 OSB Tyrol
Hall in Tirol 1720 1782 OSCI ♀ Tyrol Hall citizens canceled
St. Anton im Pinzgau 1741 Salzburg
Lienz 1785 OFM Tyrol was previously a Carmelite monastery
Villach 1886 OFM Carinthia Tyrolean Franciscan Province
innsbruck 1827 CSsR Tyrol
Gmunden 1828 OCD ♀ Upper Austria Aloisia Petrovich
innsbruck 1846 OCD ♀ Tyrol Johann Nepomuk Kravogl Moved from Wilten to Mühlau in 2004
Leoben 1854 CSsR Styria
Vienna - Margareten 1865 OFM ♀ Vienna Joseph Othmar von Rauscher
Dominican convent 1870 OP ♀ Vienna Friederike von Auersperg school
Franciscan Hospice Bad Gleichenberg 1888 2010 OFM Styria


Matthias Constantin Capello von Wickenburg
St. Gabriel 1893 OSB ♀ Lower Austria
St. Gabriel 1889 SVD Lower Austria
Marienfeld 1982 OCist ♀ Lower Austria
Marienkron 1991 (1955) OCist ♀ Burgenland Heiligenkreuz Abbey (Abbot Karl Braunstorfer)
Good Aich 1993 OSB Salzburg


See also