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SWAROVSKI.COM/KRISTALLWELTEN thought the Upper Inn Valley was a fitting place to commemorate him. Elisabeth’s second husband, Meinhard II, was quick to agree, as he too was looking for a new, prestigious burial place for his Tyrolean noble family. The couple founded a monastery in 1273. A founding conclave was held in the spring, and the first Cistercian monks arrived in Tyrol from Swabia, initially moving into a wooden building. The stone monastery church was consecrated in 1284. The stones and arches of the Romanesque architecture can still be seen in one place.

From The End To The Beginning

Of course, the exhibition only reaches this beginning of the story at the end. The journey through time begins during the Nazi dictatorship, when the monastery was dissolved and the monks had to leave within hours. In their place, works of art from Innsbruck were brought to the monastery, safe from Allied bombing. Such dissolutions have been part of the abbey’s history. One took place during the Bavarian regency in Tyrol at the beginning of the

Forever In Memory

The anniversary exhibition in the new cloister of Stams Abbey will open on 26 May and run until 01 October. In addition, numerous other programme items are planned. The highlight will be a festive event between 22 and 24 September 2023 with concerts, a Creation Mass and the Open Day. WWW.STIFTSTAMS.AT

19th century, while Stams Abbey narrowly escaped another. Abbot Vigil Kranicher was able to avert the abolition decree already issued by Emperor Joseph II and instead led Stams through a period of prosperity in the late 18th century. An act that was to be “eternally remembered” and gave the special exhibition its name.

(TOO) EXPENSIVE REBUILDING

It is possible to go back through the centuries with the help of important abbots. Edmund Zoz and Augustin Kastner, for example, had a major influence on the appearance of the monastery complex at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. The famous Innsbruck architects Johann Martin and Georg Anton Gumpp built the west façade with its double towers, the Bernardine Hall, the collegiate church and the Chapel of the Holy Blood. In the process, something happened that might seem familiar today. Zoz exceeded the building budget by 40,000 guilders and was forced to resign.

The aim of curators Gert Ammann and Helmuth Oehler was to work as much as possible with their own collections. Says Ammann: “These are exhibits that have never been shown or have not been shown for a long time. Treasures were brought out of hiding.” Among them is a very curious find: a liturgical vestment, a so-called chasuble, which had been made into a doublet for a mercenary. Probably during the so-called princely uprising of the Protestants against the Catholic emperor in 1552, a mercenary came across the chasuble while plundering the monastery and had it altered. It is not known how the garment found its way back to Stams from the man’s body. This interesting and entertaining walk takes you back to the beginning of the story, to the walls mentioned at the time of the foundation and to Elisabeth and Meinhard II. W