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SchottenSchotten, Benedictine monks of Irish origin (name derived from "Scoti", the medieval term commonly used for the Irish), called to Vienna from Regensburg by Heinrich II Jasomirgott in 1155 and invested by the Babenberg family with large estates and privileges. They left Vienna in 1418 after they had refused to admit Austrian novices to their abbey. The monastery was then taken over by German-speaking Benedictines. The order, in particular W. Schmeltzl and J. Rasch, concentrated their activities on education. Their school was well-known for its cultivation of Instructional Religious Plays. In 1807 the Schottengymnasium secondary school was opened in the monastery and soon became a renowned educational institution. The Schotten church, built 1155-1185 as a Romanesque pier-type basilica, underwent Baroque alterations in 1638-1648. The Schotten monastery was rebuilt 1826-1832 in the Classicist style. 1994-1996 rearrangement and reorganisation of the museum. Literature: H. Ferenczy, Das Schotten-Stift und seine Kunstwerke, 1980; Museum im Schotten-Stift, Festschrift zur Eröffnung, 1994. References to other albums:
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