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however commanded only few knights, who had to cope with the enormous debts left by the
Benedictines and the redevelopment of the neglected premises. The order was therefore fully engaged with the fortification of the monastery, while they failed to protect the region: Millstatt was heavily
372:, the "Last Knight", again was a promoter of the order; however, the time for the mediaeval chivalric institution was up. The power of the order declined, leading to unrest among the surrounding peasants, revolts, and the spread of the new
512:). Legend has it, that Domitian's son drowned in a storm on Millstätter See, whereafter his mourning father had himself baptized and ordered the first church to be built at Millstatt where the dead body was found. Similar to
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Frederick found the morals degenerated, the buildings decayed and the abbot inept. He travelled to Rome and on 1 January 1469 reached a
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Jesuits strongly referred to the myth in order to strengthen the popular devotion in the course of the Counter-Reformation. They however failed to have Domitian
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Benedictine monks which was already documented in the late 12th century, the monastery church traces back to the (second)
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building within the monastery area, was restored recently and is now used as gallery and art studio by the association "Art & Co. Millstatt".
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period indicate that a church already existed at
Millstatt in the late 8th century, after the Slavs living in the region around the former
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At the same time however, the long decay of the
Benedictine monastery began, enhanced through the Great Interregnum in the
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from the late 6th century onwards. However, a ruler named
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belief. The last grand master did not reside at
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has not been conclusively established (see below), a church may have already existed at the site since the days of
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from about 1515, which had to be removed from its original place on the outside wall of the westwork. Two
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was manufactured under the Jesuits in 1648. On the wall to the right is now a large fresco of the
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agreement from about 1070 between Aribo, who then held two churches at Millstatt, and Archbishop
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with the characteristic twin steeples was attached between 1166 and 1177, the
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of the Knights of Saint George in order to fight the invading troops of the
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was killed in 1456, all his possessions and titles including the
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had deep roots, mainly in the surrounding estates held by the
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about 1670. Underneath the towers the entrance hall has a
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