Mariastern Abbey, Hohenweiler

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Cistercian abbey Mariastern monastery Maria Stern - Gwiggen in Hohenweiler, Vorarlberg. Zisterzienserinnenabtei Mariastern Kloster Maria Stern - Gwiggen in Hohenweiler 1.JPG
Cistercian abbey Mariastern monastery Maria Stern - Gwiggen in Hohenweiler, Vorarlberg.

Mariastern Abbey is a Cistercian nunnery in Hohenweiler, Austria.

The nunnery was founded in 1856. [1]

It is the mother house of Marienfeld Abbey, founded in 1974. [2] Sister Agnes Fabianek OCist was the abbess at that time. [3]

In 2015, the nunnery had 25 sisters. [4]

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