Silences And Sounds

Rosina von Embs (von Ems / von Hohenems) arrived at Thalbach in 1609 and was give holy orders a year later. As the honorific “von” shows...

Age and the monastic life: age at entry visualized BACKDROP: When did convent sisters join a monastic community? There’s no one clear answe...

A comet and a winter scene from Bregenz, with the theme: Worry into joy In the early 17th century, Anna Wittweilerin was a Thalbach sister w...

A glimpse of the Thalbach church and its windows In 1609, it was time to raise the walls on the Thalbach convent church in Bregenz. Much lab...

  1728, 1336, 1338, 1340, 1655, 1532, 1557, 1612, 1597: How old is your evidence? The Chronicle of Thalbach is a mass of contradictions. (...