Everything about Lambach Abbey totally explained
Lambach Abbey (
Stift Lambach) is a
Benedictine monastery in
Lambach in
Austria.
History
A monastery was founded in about
1040 by Bishop
Adalbero of Würzburg (later canonised), which since
1056 has been a Benedictine abbey. During the
17th and
18th centuries a great deal of work in the
Baroque style was carried out, much of it by the
Carlone family. Lambach escaped the dissolution of the monasteries of Emperor
Joseph II in the
1780s. It was however dissolved by the
National Socialists in
1941, in the
Operation Klostersturm, and the premises were used for the accommodation of a Nazi school and training institution. The Benedictines were exiled or forced into state labour work. In 1897/98
Adolf Hitler had lived in the town of Lambach (with his parents). He went to the secular
Volksschule at which Benedictine teachers were employed. The dispossessed monastic community returned to Lambach Abbey after the end of
World War II.
Cultural features
The abbey has preserved much of cultural interest. It contains the oldest extant
Romanesque frescoes in Southern Germany and Austria, and the former abbey tavern, now a pharmacy, with a beautiful Baroque facade. The abbey's Baroque theatre has also been restored to working order and the summer refectory from the early
18th century by Carlo Antonio Carlone has been converted into a concert hall. The
ambulatory by Diego Carlone from the same period is of great magnificence. An unexpected feature is the set of Baroque dwarves in the monastery garden (see also
Gleink Abbey).
The abbey church was also refurbished in the Baroque style, with an organ by Christoph Egedacher and contains the tomb of Saint Adelbero. The abbey also possesses the medieval "St. Adelbero's Chalice", although it's rarely on view to the public, besides a large collection of sacred art. The library was constructed about 1691 and contains approximately 50,000 volumes besides archive material.
Since 1625 the abbey has belonged to the
Austrian Congregation now within the
Benedictine Confederation.
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