!!!Rein

Rein, Styria, small rural settlement in the district of Graz-Umgebung, 
alt. 453 m, old monastic settlement north-west of Gratwein, 
located in the municipality of Eisbach. - Rein Bundesgymnasium 
(federal secondary school), Institute for Artistic Design of the 
Technical University of Graz, home economics school. Founded in 1129, 
Rein has the oldest Cistercian monastery (in uninterrupted existence) 
in Austria; originally Romanesque collegiate church, 1738-1747 Baroque 
alterations, lively eastern façade, frescoes (1766) by 
J. A. Moelk, high altar painting (1779) by M. J. Schmidt, 
sepulchral chapel with tomb of Duke Ernst der Eiserne (died 1424); 
monastery building with homage hall and "Steinerner Saal" 
hall; Gothic cruciform chapel (1406); cloister (alterations around 
1600); "Neuer Konvent" building with arcades (1628). 
Customs: "Schluesselfest" celebration on White Sunday after 
Easter (deanery celebration and church dedication day) as a symbol of 
the bonds that exist with the monastery.

!Literature
P. Rappold (ed.), Stift Rein, 1129-1979, 1979.


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