Mariastern Abbey, Hohenweiler

Mariastern Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery in Hohenweiler, Austria.

The nunnery was founded in 1856.[1]

It is the mother house of Marienfeld Abbey, founded in 1974.[2] Sister Agnes Fabianek OCist was the abbess at that time.[3]

In 2015, the nunnery had 25 sisters.[4]

References

  1. ^ Helvetia Sacra website, Database 997
  2. ^ Kloster Marienfeld website, Founding History
  3. ^ Orden Online website, Marienfeld (Cistercian nuns), article dated May 22, 2014
  4. ^ Orden Online website, Mariastern Gwiggen, article dated 19 January 2015

Official website

47°34′12″N 9°46′19″E / 47.57000°N 9.77194°E / 47.57000; 9.77194

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