Stift St. Georgen am Längsee was founded. The count and countess Otwin and Wichpurg decreed at that time that a Benedictine convent should be founded here, and their daughter Hiltipurg became the first abbess. To commemorate this, we celebrated our 1,000th anniversary in 2003. Benedictine nuns lived and worked here for almost 800 years, and the current appearance of the monastery still bears witness to this period. Under Emperor Joseph II, the monastery was dissolved in 1782 and acquired by the Counts Egger. The counts had their residence here and then operated a castle hotel, where the current Stiftsbad was already in use. In 1934, the Mariannhill Missionaries took over this house and ran a training center here. During World War II, the “castle” became a military hospital and then a sanatorium for lung diseases. On September 10, 1959, this house was acquired by the Diocese of Gurk, and two schools with boarding facilities were founded. Since 1960, many courses and lectures have been offered here as part of the educational center. After the schools closed, the hotel and gastronomy were increasingly expanded, leading to today’s monastery hotel in recent years. Stift St. Georgen is a special place, unique due to its location and history.