Fiecht Monastery A Convent from the 18th century with a baroque collegiate church.In Tyrol, in the middle of the 10th Century lived a certain Rapoto III from the wealthy Bavarian lineage of knights, the Rapotonen. Whether Rathold was actually thinking of starting a monastery is not certain. It is possible he wanted to avoid taking part in Bavarian military activity against Hungary.He had withdrawn with his companions, deep into the Stallen Valley.In any case a hermitage monastery was founded, that carried on after Rathold’s death. He has been sanctified.The original parishes of Vomp and Achental were incorporated. St. Georgenberg became a spiritual and also economical centre in the lower Inn Valley. Patron St. George mirrors Aibling, Rathold’s homeland. The construction of the building became more intense and in 1138 Bishop Reginbert von Brixen turned St. Georgenberg into a Benedictine Abbey. On 30 April 1138 Pope Innocent II confirmed this institution. The third fire (lightning stroke), which broke out in St. Georgenberg in 1637, destructed every building initiative. They even thought of moving the Abbey into the Inn Valley. The fourth fire in 1705 forced the convent to accomplish those projects.But it could be done only with great efforts. If the confraternity wouldn’t have chosen the ingenious abbot Lambert Höllerer from Wessobrunn, the success wouldn’t have come so quickly. St. Georgenberg and Fiecht grew up almost at the same time. Pilgrims swarmed and Georgenberg even recruited a pastor. The baroque church was built and isanctified in 1750. In 1970 the district of Feicht became a parish and the spiritual guidance of Fiecht Monastery was carried forward.
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