!!!Stams

Stams, Tirol, municipality in the district of Imst, alt. 672 m, 
pop. 1,183, area 33.56 km%%sup 2/%, situated between Telfs and 
Imst, in the upper Inn Valley. - Meinhardinum abbey gymnasium 
secondary school, boarding school for skiers ( Secondary Schools with 
Special Emphasis on Sports), provincial forest cultivation grounds, 
Don Bosco girls home, Diocesan Education Centre with training colleges 
for teachers and educators. The service sector includes personal, 
social and public services, wholesale company dealing in sweets, 
tourism (26,016 overnight stays). - Cistercian monastery, founded in 
1273 by Elisabeth, wife of Meinhard II, to commemorate her son, 
Konradin, the last Staufer; graves of the territorial princes of 
Tirol; monastery building (alterations in the 17%%sup th/%  and early 
18%%sup th/%  centuries, altered in Baroque style by J. M. and 
G. A. Gumpp) with Bernardisaal Hall, cloister, Renaissance 
convent tract and art collection; collegiate church (consecrated in 
1284, redesigned in the early 17%%sup th/%  century, altered in 
Baroque style 1715-1717 and 1729-1732 by G. A. Gumpp), pier 
basilica with Romanesque choir and octagonal towers with onion-shaped 
roofs, outstanding frescoes (1731-1734) and altar pieces by J. G. 
Wolcker, rich stucco by F. X. Feuchtmayr, monumental early 
Baroque high altar (1609-1613) by B. Steinle with interesting 
iconography, side altars and sculptures by A. Koelle, princes´ 
sepulchre with beautiful carvings (1681-1684, local princes, 
crucifixion group) by A. Thamasch. The attached Holy Blood Chapel 
(redesigned 1715-1717) is decorated with frescoes (1800-1801, J. 
Schoepf), figures by A. Koelle and a wrought-iron gate of roses 
separating the chapel from the basilica (1716, B. Bachnetzer); Gothic 
parish church with Baroque interior and ceiling frescoes (1755) by 
F. A. Zeiller, Rococo chapel (consecrated in 1748) on Stamser Alm 
alpine pasture (alt. 1873 m).

!Literature
T. Koell, Aus der Stamser Kulturgeschichte, doctoral 
thesis, Innsbruck 1972.


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