Mariastern#
Mariastern Monastery, Vorarlberg, Cistercian convent set up by Swiss nuns at Gwiggen Palace (12th century) in 1856; situated near the village of Hohenweiler to the north of the town of Bregenz. The convent church was erected in 1895. The Mariastern movement "Passio Catholica" vigorously promoted the worship of the Sacred Heart of Christ and the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary.