Marienfeld Abbey (Austria)

Marienfeld Abbey is an Austrian Cistercian nunnery in Marienfeld, Wullersdorf, eight kilometres north of Hollabrunn. It was founded by Hans Hermann Groër as a sister house of Mariastern Abbey.

Marienfeld Abbey

Its construction began in 1974 and it was opened on 14 November 1982 by Franz König, then Archbishop of Vienna;[1] the nunnery was declared as independent in 1991.

By 2014, the nunnery had 18 sisters; they made some income through their vestment workshop and used their vegetable and fruit garden for self-sufficiency.[2]

Abbesses edit

There have been four abbesses at the Abbey;[1]

  • Founding abbess, Sr. Maria Agnes Fabianek OCist (Cistercian Abbey of Mariastern)
  • First abbess, Sr. Maria Benedikta Deninger OCist (May 14, 2000)
  • Second abbess, Sr. Maria Hedwig Pauer OCist (July 11, 2014)
  • Third abbess, Sr Maria Immaculata Maierhofer OCist (September 29, 2023)

References edit

48°36′49″N 16°07′23″E / 48.61361°N 16.12306°E / 48.61361; 16.12306