!!!St. Lambrecht

St. Lambrecht, Styria, market town in the district of Murau, 
alt. 1,028 m, pop. 1,819, 
area 44.18 km%%sup 2/%, highest-lying market town in Styria, 
situated in the Thaja depression of the mountains between the 
provinces of Styria and Carinthia. - Wood processing (windows, 
furniture), dynamite manufacture (explosives, military products), 
tourism (16,040 overnight stays in 1992). - Benedictine Abbey founded 
in 1096 (confirmed by imperial document), closed between 1786-1802 and 
1939-1945), reconstructed in Baroque style from 1639 by D. Sciassia, 
the stylistically purest abbey in Austria. The Gothic collegiate 
church from around 1421, with Romanesque foundations and twin-towered 
façade is a 3-nave hall church (78 m long), Gothic 
frescoes (late 14%%sup th/%  and early 16%%sup th/%  century), 
Romanesque portal, 3-level marble stucco high altar (1632), richly 
decorated pulpit (1731-32) and vestry; in the Abbey: Fuerstenzimmer 
(Princes' rooms), collection of paintings and sculptures (including 
Gothic works of art), collection of birds by B.  Hanf; folklore 
collection, Imperial Hall with rich stucco work (1645) and fountain, 
refectory with cavetto vault, prelate room. The Abbey of 
St. Lambrecht founded the pilgrimage centre of Mariazell; Gothic 
St. Peter's church (former hospital church (1424), with late 
Gothic winged altar (around 1525) and panel paintings by the 
"Meister der St. Lambrechter Kreuzigungen" (Master of the 
St. Lambrecht Crucifixions) (around 1435); Romanesque ossuary 
(first documented mention in 1148); former palace area with keep; 
palace chapel (1418) with winged altar (around 1520-1523) by a Villach 
workshop; garden pavilion (1646-1648).

!Literature
P. O. Wonisch, Die Kunstdenkmaeler des Benediktinerstiftes 
St. Lambrecht, 1951; B. Plank, Geschichte der Abtei 
St. Lambrecht, 1976.


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