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S E (9 months ago)
The incredibly picturesque monastery of Mariazell Wurmsbach, located directly on the Obersee (Lake Zurich), is a Cistercian monastery that has existed since 1259 and is therefore older than Switzerland. It has been inhabited continuously since then and consists of the monastery church with cloister, the monastery buildings, the guest house, the walled monastery garden, the cemetery, a farm and the former girls' boarding school. Most of the historic buildings date from the 17th century. Today's monastery church was built in the years around 1600-1620. The cloister was built between 1615 and 1620 by the abbess Maria Dumeisen. In 1767 the church was redesigned in baroque style with a rococo ceiling. A last major redesign took place in 1866, when the church had become too small due to the opening of the boarding school. From 1836 to 2022 the monastery had a school for girls, from 1842 a girls' boarding school. This was closed in 2022 due to a lack of students.
The incredibly picturesque monastery of Mariazell Wurmsbach, located directly on the Obersee (Lake Zurich), is a Cistercian monastery that has existed since 1259 and is therefore older than Switzerland. It has been inhabited continuously since then and consists of the monastery church with cloister, the monastery buildings, the guest house, the walled monastery garden, the cemetery, a farm and the former girls' boarding school. Most of the historic buildings date from the 17th century. Today's monastery church was built in the years around 1600-1620. The cloister was built between 1615 and 1620 by the abbess Maria Dumeisen. In 1767 the church was redesigned in baroque style with a rococo ceiling. A last major redesign took place in 1866, when the church had become too small due to the opening of the boarding school. From 1836 to 2022 the monastery had a school for girls, from 1842 a girls' boarding school. This was closed in 2022 due to a lack of students.
Елена Рубежанская (10 months ago)
Well, we are lucky to live here. Nature is the bomb. Swans
Well, we are lucky to live here. Nature is the bomb. Swans
Youngtimer 89 (15 months ago)
Nice place, rather unfriendly sisters. Lake access and everything else heavily limited. Nice place but without good connections, nothing for everyone. It is chosen who is allowed to go to the lake and who is not. Too bad ☹️ Has little to do with God!
Nice place, rather unfriendly sisters. Lake access and everything else heavily limited. Nice place but without good connections, nothing for everyone. It is chosen who is allowed to go to the lake and who is not. Too bad ☹️ Has little to do with God!
Monique Moretti (16 months ago)
Very nicely located, right on the lake, a real place of power, a place of rest and reflection
Very nicely located, right on the lake, a real place of power, a place of rest and reflection
Andrés Felipe (2 years ago)
All amazing !! I am surprised by the comments since people do not understand that it is a Monastery not a vacation place, it is a place of prayer and not of tourism. I think what the nuns do there is fantastic.
All amazing !! I am surprised by the comments since people do not understand that it is a Monastery not a vacation place, it is a place of prayer and not of tourism. I think what the nuns do there is fantastic.
