Schottenstift
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.35| monastery in Vienna The ' (), formally called ' (), is a Catholic monastery founded in Vienna in 1155 when Henry II of Austria brought Irish monks to Vienna. The monks did not come directly from Ireland, but came instead from the Scots Monastery in Regensburg, Germany. Since 1625, the abbey has been a member of the Austrian Congregation, which since 1893 has been part of the Benedictine Confederation.
Official website
Ihr Schottenportal - Schotten Wien
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monastery
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- Austria
- Located in
- Innere Stadt
- Headquarters
- Innere Stadt
- Dedicated to
- Mary
- Official website
- www.schotten.wien
- Image
- Wien Freyung Schottenstift.jpg
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- Commons category
- Schottenstift
- architectural style
- baroque architecture
- inception
- 1160-00-00
- street address
- Freyung 6, 6a, u.a.
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
- native label
- Schottenstift
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