Marienfeld Abbey (Austria) Explained

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.

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

There have been four abbesses at the Abbey;

• 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

48.6136°N 16.1231°W

Notes and References

1. https://www.kloster-marienfeld.at/gr%C3%BCndungsgeschichte Kloster Marienfeld website, Founding History
2. http://www.orden-online.de/wissen/m/marienfeld-zisterzienserinnen/ Orden Online website, Marienfeld (Cistercian nuns), article dated May 22, 2014