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2 unusual facts about Salem Abbey


Franz Joseph Spiegler

SalemCistercian Abbey Church (1730) (ceiling frescoes in the transepts and the organ loft)

Salem Abbey

In 1920, part of the castle premises were acquired for use as a boarding school, which continues to this day as the Schule Schloss Salem.


Ignatius von Weitenauer

When his career as professor was abruptly brought to an end by the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773, he followed an invitation of the abbot of the Cistercians of Salem Abbey to continue his literary activity in the monastery.


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