The term Stift (German: [ˈʃtɪft] ; Dutch: sticht) is derived from the verb stiften (to donate) and originally meant 'a donation'. Such donations usually...
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The Tübinger Stift (German: [ˈtyːbɪŋɐ ˈʃtɪft] ) is a hall of residence and teaching; it is owned and supported by the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg...
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Melk Abbey (redirect from Stift Melk)
Melk Abbey (German: Stift Melk) is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining...
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Kremsmünster Abbey (redirect from Stift Kremsmünster)
Kremsmünster Abbey (German: Stift Kremsmünster) is a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria. The monastery was founded in 777 AD by Tassilo...
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Vallø stift or Det Adelige Stift Vallø for ugifte døtre (Noble Vallø Foundation for Unmarried Daughters) was a Danish foundation for the support of unmarried...
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Saint Peter's Abbey, Salzburg (redirect from Stift St. Peter)
St Peter's Abbey (German: Stift Sankt Peter), or St Peter's Archabbey (German: Erzabtei Stift Sankt Peter, Latin: Archiabbatia sancti Petri Salisburgensis)...
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Göttweig Abbey (redirect from Stift Göttweig)
Göttweig Abbey (German: Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria. It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau. Göttweig...
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St. Florian Monastery (redirect from Stift St. Florian)
St. Florian Monastery (German: Stift Sankt Florian) is an Augustinian monastery in the town of Sankt Florian, Austria. Founded in the early ninth century...
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Klosterneuburg Monastery (redirect from Stift Klosterneuburg)
Klosterneuburg Abbey or Monastery (German: Stift Klosterneuburg) is a twelfth-century Augustinian monastery of the Catholic Church located in the town...
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Linda Stift (born 1969) is an Austrian writer. She was born in Wagna and studied German literature at the University of Vienna. She has published three...
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Edit Stift (born 9 April 1980) is a Hungarian rower. She competed in the women's lightweight double sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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Heiligenkreuz Abbey (redirect from Stift Heiligenkreuz)
Heiligenkreuz Abbey (German: Stift Heiligenkreuz; English: Abbey of the Holy Cross) is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz in the southern...
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Lilienfeld Abbey (redirect from Stift Lilienfeld)
Lilienfeld Abbey (German: Stift Lilienfeld) is a Cistercian monastery in Lilienfeld in Lower Austria, south of Sankt Pölten. It was founded in 1202 by...
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Garsten Abbey (German: Stift Garsten) is a former Benedictine monastery located in Garsten near Steyr in Upper Austria. Since 1851, the former monastery...
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Diocese of Lund (redirect from Lunds stift)
The Diocese of Lund (Swedish: Lunds stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are...
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Diocese of Hålogaland (redirect from Tromsø stift)
Diocese of Hålogaland (Norwegian: Hålogaland bispedømme, historically: Tromsø stift) was a diocese in the Church of Norway. The Diocese covered the Lutheran...
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Fischbeck Abbey (redirect from Stift fischbeck)
Fischbeck Abbey (German: Stift Fischbeck) is a convent for canonesses in Fischbeck near Hessisch Oldendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was founded in 955...
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Diocese of Växjö (redirect from Växjö stift)
The Diocese of Växjö (Swedish: Växjö stift) is one of 13 dioceses within the Lutheran Church of Sweden. Its episcopal see is located in the city of Växjö...
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Salicylic acid (redirect from Psoriacid-s-stift)
ISSN 1792-0981. PMC 5995049. PMID 29896223. Péc J, Strmenová M, Palencárová E, Pullmann R, Funiaková S, Visnovský P, Buchanec J, Lazarová Z (October 1992)...
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or its Austrian counterpart Gräf & Stift. After the former company took over the latter in 1971, the Gräf & Stift name remained in use as an MAN brand...
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Neukloster Abbey (redirect from Stift Neukloster)
(1488–1489) Martin I. (1490–1505) Johannes Lindenlaub (1506–1515, later abbot of Stift Rein until 1529) Michael (1515–1524) Gregor (1525–1538) Johannes III. (1538–1540)...
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Diocese of Strängnäs (redirect from Strängnäs stift)
The Diocese of Strängnäs (Swedish: Strängnäs stift) is a part of the Lutheran Church of Sweden and has its seat in Strängnäs Cathedral in Strängnäs, south...
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Quedlinburg Abbey (redirect from Stift Quedlinburg)
Quedlinburg Abbey (German: Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now...
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Altenburg Abbey (redirect from Stift Altenburg)
Altenburg Abbey (German: Stift Altenburg) is a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg, Lower Austria. It is situated about 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the north...
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Diocese of Luleå (redirect from Luleå stift)
The Diocese of Luleå (Swedish: Luleå stift) is a Swedish diocese of the Church of Sweden with its Episcopal see in the city of Luleå. Olof Bergqvist,...
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elector-archbishop while Stift referred to the territory ruled by an imperial abbot or abbess, or a princely abbot or abbess. Stift was also often used to...
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Gandersheim Abbey (redirect from Stift Gandersheim)
Gandersheim Abbey (German: Stift Gandersheim) is a former house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in the present town of Bad Gandersheim in Lower Saxony...
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Diocese of Visby (redirect from Visby stift)
The Diocese of Visby (Swedish: Visby stift) is a division of the Church of Sweden consisting of the island of Gotland. Its seat is Visby Cathedral located...
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Saint George's Abbey, Längsee (redirect from Stift St. Georgen)
St. George's Abbey (German: Stift St. Georgen) is a monastic complex in the village of Sankt Georgen am Längsee, Carinthia, Austria. It celebrated its...
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intended for him to enter the Lutheran ministry, and he attended the Tübinger Stift, where he was friends with Hegel and Schelling. He graduated in 1793 but...
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