Religious Places

Gleink Abbey was founded in the early 12th century by the local nobleman, Arnhalm I of Glunich, who gave his castle for conversion to a monastery. The… Read the rest

St. Martin’s Cathedral in Eisenstadt was first mentioned 1264. From this chapel there are still remains of a Romanesque foundation in the area o… Read the rest

Located in a scenic village in the hills of the Flachgau (that?s where I am from, by the way), it still maintains a private school; the famous Baroque… Read the rest

Graz Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Giles. It is the seat of the bishop of the Steiermark diocese. The church was built in 1438-1462 by Friederick II… Read the rest

Begun in the early 13th century as a replacement for an earlier Romanesque church, construction continued through the rest of the century in the local… Read the rest

Ossiach Abbey was founded around 1000 CE by the bavarian Graf Ozi I and his wife Irenburgis. In 1019, their son Ozi II sold the abbey to his brother P… Read the rest

Excavations carried out in 1905-15 discovered traces of a church dating from the 5th century, which confirmed this early date. In the 6th century, the… Read the rest

St. Peter’s was founded in the late 7th century by Amandus, a missionary sent by the Frankish kings to Christianize the pagan inhabitants of the… Read the rest

To this day, one part of the church’s double tower and a square-shaped presbytery have been preserved. St. Mary’s was mentioned for the fi… Read the rest

Viktring Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery established in 1142 by Cistercian monks from Villers-Bettnach Abbey in the Duchy of Lorraine. Its land… Read the rest