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monasteries - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1988 - 8 Shilling

Designer: Zeiller, Otto

monasteries - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1988 - 8 Shilling


Theme: Architecture
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date1988
Face Value 8.00 
Colorviolet
Printing Typecombination printing
Stamp TypeDefinitive
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1268
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID195871
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Located in the heart of the Waldviertel, 2 km east of the town of Zwettl in Lower Austria, this Cistercian monastery, which has existed continuously since its founding, celebrated its 850th anniversary in 1988. The origins of the monastery Zwettl go back to the wish of the Kuenringer to found a house monastery in a still untapped area of ​​the "nortwald". It was finally Hadmar I who, through contacts in founding Heiligenkreuz (1133/37) with Margrave Leopold the Saint and Abbot Gottschalk, realized this idea. The then new Order of Reformation of the Cistercians seemed to him the most suitable for the implementation of his desire. Authorized by the General Chapter in Citeux, a group of twelve monks set out in Advent in 1137 and moved into the Oberhof near Zwettl the first quarter. Legend has it that a winter oak tree was the location of the new monastery. Thus, the date of founding December 31, 1137 was celebrated in a founding service on New Year's Day 1138.

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Located in the heart of the Waldviertel, 2 km east of the town of Zwettl in Lower Austria, this Cistercian monastery, which has existed continuously since its founding, celebrated its 850th anniversary in 1988. The origins of the monastery Zwettl go back to the wish of the Kuenringer to found a house monastery in a still untapped area of ​​the "nortwald". It was finally Hadmar I who, through contacts in founding Heiligenkreuz (1133/37) with Margrave Leopold the Saint and Abbot Gottschalk, realized this idea. The then new Order of Reformation of the Cistercians seemed to him the most suitable for the implementation of his desire. Authorized by the General Chapter in Citeux, a group of twelve monks set out in Advent in 1137 and moved into the Oberhof near Zwettl the first quarter. Legend has it that a winter oak tree was the location of the new monastery. Thus, the date of founding December 31, 1137 was celebrated in a founding service on New Year's Day 1138..