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The abbey also houses two major art collections of
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The community at Admont consists of over 27 monks under Abbot Bruno Hubl. The abbey is responsible for 27 parishes, runs a secondary school with about 600 pupils and a senior citizen's home in
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determined to replace the lost collections, and so formed the nucleus of the modern museums. Father Strobl was himself a botanist but also worked on building up the insect collection, so much so that he became one of the great entomologists of his day. The
Natural History museum now contains over
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showing the stages of human knowledge up to the high point of Divine
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Since 1997, the abbey has also been building up a collection of contemporary art, largely produced by young
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government the monastery was dissolved and the monks evicted. They were able to return in 1946 and the abbey today is again a thriving
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of noble families, and the educational tradition has remained strong ever since. The monastery prospered during the
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Besitz der „toten Hand“. Entziehung und Restitution des Vermögens der Benediktinerstifte Admont und St. Lambrecht.
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