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Schlägl

Welcome to Schlägl!

The merged towns of Aigen and Schlägl are in a beautiful location on the southern slopes of the Bohemian Forest, in the area that straddles the borders of Austria, Bavaria and the Czech Republic.

Our fascinating granite landscape is full of trees and makes for great hiking, walking and cycling.

The Premonstratensian Abbey in Schlägl was founded as early as 1218. Highlights include the beautiful baroque church and the library which contains some 60,000 books.

Another worthwhile attraction is the abbey church which boasts three magnificent organs, among them the famous main organ (1634) on the western gallery.

Accommodation

546 m Elevation
1405 Inhabitants
Location: Riverside, Golf course nearby, Near Cross Country Ski Track

A little history ....

Around 1204 the Bishop of Passau had a monastery built for the Cistercians from Langheim monastery near Bamberg. The new monastery was located in a densely forested area near the Bohemian border.

The monks were suffering under the harsh climate and economic restraints of this remote and secluded region. After a confrere and an abbot had died from exhaustion the remaining Brothers fled back to their home monastery and were not willing to return to this region.

When Langheim monastery renounced their ownership to the land in 1218, Kalhoch von Falkenstein persuaded the Premonstratensians from Osterhofen monastery in Bavaria to have a new monastery built there. In a transcript of the foundation deed it says that the new monastery was built “in alio loco”, at different place. Since the monks had to fell trees and clear the forest to build their monastery they called it "Plaga" – Schlägl (to blow).

The Falkensteiner, Haichenbacher and Rosenberger families donated large landholdings to the monastery which soon developed into a spiritual center. The monastery was jurisdiction rights in the 14th century.

A brewery, founded in 1580, brought economic prosperity to Schlägl.

The local school was founded in 1633 and brought literacy to the early settlers.