St. Georgen an der Traisen

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St. Georgen an der Traisen is a small place on the northern border of the town of Traismauer with 55 inhabitants and belongs to the municipality of Traismauer in the district of St. Pölten , Lower Austria .

The place gained special importance in the twelfth century when the Augustinian canon monastery “St. Georgen an der Traisen ”was founded by Bishop Ulrich von Passau as thanks for his happy return from the crusade. The first written mention comes from the year 1112.

Due to constant flooding and because the monastery buildings had partially collapsed due to underwashing, in 1244 Bishop Rudiger von Passau assigned the parish of Herzogenburg, ten kilometers up the Traisen, to the monastery for the purpose of transferring the monastery to the above-mentioned parish. The construction of the new Herzogenburg Abbey probably took about five years, because it was not until April 24, 1249 that Pope Innocent IV confirmed the possessions of the new Abbey and took the relocated Canons into papal protection.

There is hardly any further news about the use of the original foundation building. Also, no archaeological evidence of the exact location and extent has been found to date. In the following, only individual sales of parts such as the “mill in St. Georgen monastery” by the Imbach miller Jakob in 1441 can be proven.

This old monastery mill, built under Provost Hartwig in 1158, is still in use today. The company is run under the name "Gutschermühle" and is the largest employer in the area with around 80 jobs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mag.phil. Günter Katzler, “The documents of the Augustinian Canons of St. Georgen ad Traisen. From its beginnings to 1201 ", Master's thesis at the University of Vienna , 2009, page 10ff [1]
  2. ↑ Original document: AT-StiAHe / HerzogenburgCanReg / signature 1244 III 19
  3. ↑ Original document: AT-StiAHe / HerzogenburgCanReg / signature 1249 IV 24
  4. ↑ Original document: AT-StiAHe / HerzogenburgCanReg / signature 1441 I 06
  5. ↑ http://www.mueslibar.com/de/ueber-uns/geschichte/