Capuchin monastery founded in 1636 in central Gmunden as part of the Counter-Reformation re-Catholicization of the Salzkammergut. One of Austria’s few monasteries to survive Emperor Joseph II’s 1782-1787 dissolution campaign intact, retaining its active pastoral mission as the qualifying factor. The church on Klosterplatz is characteristically austere: Capuchin architecture deliberately rejected the ornate decoration typical of other Habsburg Baroque institutions. Free access to the church.
monastery in Gmunden
Kapuzinerkloster Gmunden
The Kapuzinerkloster (Capuchin monastery) in Gmunden was founded in 1636 as part of the Counter-Reformation (the Catholic Church's institutional response to Protestant reform) religious building program that established Capuchin communities across the Habsburg territories.
- Type
- monastery
- Destination
- Gmunden
- Cost
- Free to visit
- Founded
- 1636
- Era
- Baroque
- Address
- Klosterplatz 2, 4810 Gmunden, 4810 Gmunden
- Coordinates
- 47.9179, 13.8051
- Official website
- Visit website