Garsten Abbey (Stift Garsten) was a Benedictine monastery in Garsten near Steyr in Upper Austria. It is now a prison.
Read more about Garsten Abbey: History, Prison, Abbey Church
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“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.””
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)
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