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In 1883 the Ledóchowska House came into the property of the Counts of
Montecuccoli. It changed hands several times. From 1928 until 1938 it belonged to the Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria, which opened an agricultural winter school in the building. Finally, the Soladity of Saint Peter Claver
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for the steam locomotives used at the time. The connection to the
Western Railway was of such importance that Loosdorf was referred to as "Loosdorf an der Westbahn" (Loosdorf by the Western Railway). The economic boom brought by the railway came hand-in-hand with a societal realignment, as the
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IBMV stands for 'Institutum Beatae Mariae
Virginis', in English it is called IBMV, 'the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary'. That was the name of the Institute from 1749. In German it is called 'Institut B.M.V. der Englischen Fräulein'. Since 2004 it is called Institute CJ (Congregatio
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The town experienced a major period of prosperity in the 16th century, under the reign of Hans Wilhem of
Losenstein, who expanded the Schallaburg, rebuilt the town church, which had been destroyed by Turkish soldiers in 1588 and, opened a protestant school in Loosdorf, called 'die
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Under Hans
Wilhelm von Losenstein, Loosdorf became a hub of Protestantism in Austria. The Hohe Schule started as a private school, especially for the children of the Lutheran nobility. The statutes of the Lutheran German
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was the 26th general of the
Jesuits. Mary Theresa founded the Soladity of Saint Peter Claver, that acted against slavery in Africa. Ignatius became a general in the Polish army. In 1975
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connection to nearby industrial hubs led to the conservative, bourgeois population being largely replaced by a new, predominately social democratic working class.
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in 1574. Two original copies still exist. The school statutes are an important source for the study of the history of
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In 1862 Anthoni Halka Ledóchowski built a manor house in
Loosdorf, where he moved, together with his family. In 1863
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The Servant Of God, Mary Theresa Countess Ledochowska: Foundress Of The Sodality Of Saint Peter Claver
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was born in this house. Then followed Julia (later called Ursula, after becoming a nun), then
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became an Ursuline nun in Kraków and after a year she got the name
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Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
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Castle. Documents from the reign of King Ottokar prove that
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Ignacy Kazimierz Ledóchowski (1871–1945), a Polish general
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282:Area code
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