Stift Steyr-Gleink

The founders Arnhalm I and his son Bruno from the ministerial family of the Gleink-Volkersdorfer, whose liege lords, the Styrian Otakars, co-founded the abbey, had the fortress converted into a monastery building. By around 1120, the monastery complex dedicated to the Apostle Andrew already existed. The overall impression of the abbey complex is a work of the great monastic building movement of Austrian Baroque in the second half of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. In 1784, Steyr-Gleink was secularized. Despite the dissolution of the monastery, several precious objects remained in Gleink. After extensive renovation work, the former Gleink Abbey now houses a collection of religious objects, mainly from the Baroque period. Paraments, candelabras, and reliquaries can be seen, as well as monstrances and chalices. The monastery garden of the abbey, generally known as the "Dwarf Garden," is also interesting.