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monasteries - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1986 - 5.50 Shilling

Designer: Zeiller, Ott

monasteries - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1986 - 5.50 Shilling


Theme: Architecture
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date1986
Face Value5.50 
Colorviolet
Printing Typecombination printing
Stamp TypeDefinitive
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1202
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID351228
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In the heart of Vorarlberg lies the Große Walsertal. At the entrance of this scenically extraordinarily beautiful high valley is the Benedictine Probstei St. Gerold. Around the middle of the 10th century, a penitent named Adam lived in Walgau. This was a Rhaetian nobleman and was sentenced to death for participation in a plot against Emperor Otto I (940). His estates were confiscated, but Adam managed to escape to solitude. According to the document of 1 January 949 Adam was pardoned and rehabilitated by the emperor. Abbot Eberhardt von Einsiedeln, a relative of Adam, may have intervened with the Emperor. Out of gratitude Adam gave his recovered goods to Einsiedeln Abbey. Founded in 960 the monastery Einsiedeln the Probstei St. Gerold. The first church from 978, which stood in St. Gerold, was a wooden church, which was soon replaced by a Romanesque stone church. In 1311 it was destroyed in a feud between the Montfortern and the Count of Thumb. After this destruction, the church was enlarged by extending the nave and side extensions and received in the 15th century a tower. Under Probst Joachim Eichhorn was around 1550, the new construction of the Probstei Church, his successor Adam Heer gave by its structural changes in the monastery complex their present appearance.

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In the heart of Vorarlberg lies the Große Walsertal. At the entrance of this scenically extraordinarily beautiful high valley is the Benedictine Probstei St. Gerold. Around the middle of the 10th century, a penitent named Adam lived in Walgau. This was a Rhaetian nobleman and was sentenced to death for participation in a plot against Emperor Otto I (940). His estates were confiscated, but Adam managed to escape to solitude. According to the document of 1 January 949 Adam was pardoned and rehabilitated by the emperor. Abbot Eberhardt von Einsiedeln, a relative of Adam, may have intervened with the Emperor. Out of gratitude Adam gave his recovered goods to Einsiedeln Abbey. Founded in 960 the monastery Einsiedeln the Probstei St. Gerold. The first church from 978, which stood in St. Gerold, was a wooden church, which was soon replaced by a Romanesque stone church. In 1311 it was destroyed in a feud between the Montfortern and the Count of Thumb. After this destruction, the church was enlarged by extending the nave and side extensions and received in the 15th century a tower. Under Probst Joachim Eichhorn was around 1550, the new construction of the Probstei Church, his successor Adam Heer gave by its structural changes in the monastery complex their present appearance..