Gurk Abbey

Gurk Abbey was a short-lived Benedictine double monastery in Gurk, Austria, founded in 1043 by Saint Hemma of Gurk. It was dissolved in 1072 by her executor, Blessed Gebhard, Archbishop of Salzburg, who used the assets so realised to found Gurk Cathedral and the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt.
Category:Benedictine monasteries in Austria
Category:Carinthia
Category:1043 establishments
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 11th century
Category:1072 disestablishments
Category:Benedictine nunneries in Austria
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