Schottenkirche
In the Middle Ages, this spot was home to the Schottenkirche—so closely tied to Irish Benedictine “Scots” monks that the parish’s name preserves the medieval Latin *scoti*. Founded in the 12th century, the church later changed hands: in 1418, Duke Albert V of Austria transferred it to German-speaking Benedictines from Melk Abbey after the Melker Reform, following the reform movement set in motion after the Council of Constance. That long history also left a trail of destruction and rebuilding. The first Romanesque predecessor was a three-aisled pillar church with a single apse, but it was destroyed by fire in 1276. Around 1443 an earthquake damaged the church, and on 21 May 1634 the roof collapsed. After a lightning strike brought down the tower in 1638, the Baroque reconstruction was carried out by Carlo Antonio Carlone and Marco Spazzio from 1638 to 1641. …
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