Abbey St. Georgenberg Fichte - Benedictine monastery, founded in 1138. Abbey is the oldest surviving in the Tyrol.

The first mention of the abbey dates to the mid 10th century, when the blessed Ratold built a small shelter on the cliff Georgenberg near Stans. After a while Ratoldu joined by other hermits in the rock was built the chapel of the Virgin Mary. Ratold was canonized after his death, and the community continued to grow. Brixen Bishop made an impressive donation, highlighting "means the existence of the holy place." Emperor Henry IV in 1097 also participated in the financing of the future of the Abbey. Religious Community of St. Georgenberg was converted into a Benedictine monastery April 30, 1138.

By the early 11th century, the parish has become a place of pilgrimage for many people. Soon the church could not hold everyone who came to pray. In July 1284 the church was a terrible destructive fire. Recovery takes Bishop Bruno of Brixen. After the first fire befell the monastery other woes: bubonic plague in 1348, the second fire in 1448, destroying the High Bridge in 1470. By 1520 the situation worsened finally: the flow of pilgrims is completely dried up for almost a century.

After the fourth catastrophic fire October 31, 1705, the monastery was moved to a new location in Fichte. Due to lack of funds the new monastery building and the church were built gradually (until 1781). Finances dictate the style of building - the modesty of Baroque architecture.

In 1806 the monastery as part of Tyrol came into the possession of Bavaria, but in 1816 again became part of Austria. In 1868 the Abbey again suffered a serious fire, which caused great damage to the monastery's collection of graphics, but spared a large part of the library.

From 1941 to 1945 the monastery was confiscated by the German army, the monks were driven out and were able to return only after the Second World War.

Currently the abbey St. Georgenberg-Fichte is an active monastery, receiving pilgrims every year from May to October.