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Gleink Abbey

Gleink Abbey

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Gleink Abbey

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Location: Upper Austria, Austria

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1. Steyr Town Square – View of the Enns loop from Ernsthofen

49.0km

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2. Parish Church of Wolfern – Gleink Abbey loop from Neuzeug

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3. Enns Old Town – Enns Town Tower loop from Nettingsdorf

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690m

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richydiver🏳️‍🌈🚴🏼🌈🏃🏼‍♂️

July 3, 2024

The Benedictine monastery of Gleink was founded in the first quarter of the 12th century, soon after the founding of the Garsten monastery, from the Bamberg fiefdom of Glunich. The monastery complex dedicated to the Apostle Andrew already existed around 1120.

Gleink was a daughter settlement of Garsten monastery, from which the first abbot Ulrich came. Ulrich was a relative of Saint Berthold of Garsten, the first abbot of Garsten monastery.

The Romanesque monastery building was damaged by fires in 1220, 1275 and 1313. After the turbulent times, the monastery experienced a heyday under Abbot Gregor Grand (1504–1520) before the schism. His successor Thomas Amfeldt (1520–1539) had to watch as Turkish cavalry from Kasimsbeg's raiding corps devastated the area around Gleink and Dietach in September 1532.

Due to the political, economic and religious conditions in the first half of the 17th century, especially the plundering during the Peasants' War in 1626, the monastery fell into great distress, from which it was only rescued by the abbots Cölestin Pestaluz (1658–1678) and Rupert I of Kimpflern (1678–1708). Under these abbots, the great Baroque building period began for Gleink, which ended under Abbot Rupert II Freysauf of Neudegg (1709–1735).

Andreas von Schwandtner (1735–1762) was the penultimate abbot. In 1762, Wolfgang Holmayr, a professor from the University of Salzburg who was born in Steyr and famous as a preacher, was elected abbot. He led the monastery as Wolfgang III until it was dissolved. As part of the church reforms of Emperor Joseph II, Gleink was secularized on May 21, 1784. Soon after the dissolution, the monastery buildings were used as barracks. In 1791, Gleink was endowed to the Bishop of Linz. The bishops of Linz liked to use Gleink as a summer residence.
After the dissolution of the monastery, parish pastoral care in Gleink was carried out by secular priests, and since 1950 by the Order of the Sacred Heart Missionaries. Since then, the order also ran a Caritas home (until 1990), a feared reformatory for boys.

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richydiver🏳️‍🌈🚴🏼🌈🏃🏼‍♂️

July 3, 2024

Because of its great distance, the Gleinkersee was temporarily given to the Spital am Pyhrn monastery in 1589 for a payment of 200 guilders. In 1608, the lake was finally ceded by Gleink for another 200 guilders.

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WalWe

May 4, 2025

Shortly after the founding of Garsten Abbey, in the first quarter of the 12th century, the Benedictine Abbey of Gleink emerged from the Bamberg fiefdom of Glunich. The founders, Arnhalm I and his son Bruno, from the ministerial Gleink-Volkersdorf family, whose employers, the Styrian Otakars, co-founded the abbey, had the fortress converted into a monastery. The monastery complex, dedicated to the Apostle Andrew, already existed around 1120.
The Romanesque monastery building was damaged by fire in the 13th century.
In the first half of the 17th century, primarily due to looting during the Peasants' War of 1626, the monastery fell into dire straits. Under the following abbots, the great Baroque building period also began for Gleink.
As part of the church reforms, Gleink was secularized on May 21, 1784. Parish pastoral care in Gleink was taken over by secular priests, and the monastery buildings were temporarily used as barracks. The bishops of the Diocese of Linz then happily used Gleink as a summer residence.
In 1832, the Salesian Sisters came to Gleink from Vienna. At its peak, their monastery numbered up to 70 sisters. From around 1950 onwards, there were no new enrollments, and in 1977, it was finally dissolved.
In 1950, the Order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart took over parish pastoral care and, until 1990, also operated a Caritas home, a feared reformatory for boys.
Since 2022, the monastery building has served as the "cultural GUT storage" of the Diocese of Linz. The external depot of the Diocesan Archives houses archival materials from the parishes as well as the art and furniture depot with over 2,000 works of art and furniture.

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Gleink Abbey

1. Steyr Town Square – View of the Enns loop from Ernsthofen

2. Parish Church of Wolfern – Gleink Abbey loop from Neuzeug

3. Enns Old Town – Enns Town Tower loop from Nettingsdorf

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