!!!Schotten

Schotten, Benedictine monks of Irish origin (name derived from 
"Scoti", the medieval term commonly used for the Irish), 
called to Vienna from Regensburg by Heinrich II Jasomirgott in 
1155 and invested by the Babenberg family with large estates and 
privileges. They left Vienna in 1418 after they had refused to admit 
Austrian novices to their abbey. The monastery was then taken over by 
German-speaking Benedictines. The order, in particular W.  Schmeltzl 
and J.  Rasch, concentrated their activities on education. Their 
school was well-known for its cultivation of  Instructional Religious 
Plays. In 1807 the Schottengymnasium secondary school was opened in 
the monastery and soon became a renowned educational institution. The 
Schotten church, built 1155-1185 as a Romanesque pier-type basilica, 
underwent Baroque alterations in 1638-1648. The Schotten monastery was 
rebuilt 1826-1832 in the Classicist style. 1994-1996 rearrangement and 
reorganisation of the museum.

!Literature
H. Ferenczy, Das Schotten-Stift und seine Kunstwerke, 
1980; Museum im Schotten-Stift, Festschrift zur Eroeffnung, 1994.


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