Altenburg Abbey
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Altenburg Abbey (Stift Altenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg in Austria.
It was founded in 1144 by Countess Hildeburg of Boigen-Rebgau. Under the abbots Maurus Boxler and Placidus Much the abbey took on its present Baroque form. Under the Emperor Joseph until 1794 the abbey was forbidden to accept new novices, but unlike many others in Austria it succeeded in remaining in operation. In 1940 under the National Socialists the abbey was suspended, and in 1941 dissolved: the abbot was placed under arrest and the community dispossessed. From 1945 the premises were used as accommodation by Russian occupying troops. Under Abbot Maurus Knappek (1947–1968) the buildings were restored and the community renewed.
Since 1625 it has been a member of the Austrian Congregation now within the Benedictine Confederation.
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