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Kloster St.Anna, Mannersdorf

Wüste 262, 2452 Mannersdorf am Leithagebirge

The former Carmelite monastery of St. Anna is located in the middle of the Wüste Mannersdorf Nature Park on the Leitha Mountains. From 1644 to 1783, the area was reserved for the Discalced Carmelites; after its dissolution, the monastery fell into disrepair, until only ruins remained in the 1980s. With many volunteers, the monastery church was first rebuilt, and since 2015, water and electricity supplies have been secured, so that the complex is now used as a nature park centre. The monastery is a destination for Sunday forest walks, a venue for wedding celebrations and, since 2023, a performance venue for the Mannersdorf Cultural Summer. Its evenings of music, theatre and cabaret take place outdoors; in case of rain, events move to the former monastery chapel right next door. Performers who have appeared here include Erika Pluhar, Gerti Drassl with the Wladigeroff Brothers, Eva Maria Marold and Wiener Blond. Between old monastery walls and the forest, every summer evening becomes a trip into nature.