Benediktinerpropstei Sankt Gerold, Benedictine monastery in Sankt Gerold, Austria

Benediktinerpropstei Sankt Gerold is a Benedictine monastery founded in 960 in the Grosses Walsertal. Its provost church, north of the monastic wing, is a hall church with a saddle roof and a north tower with a gabled spire. The flat wooden coffered ceiling was redesigned by architect Arnold Stöckli, with sculpture by Hugo Imfeld, and the entire altar wall is a 1966 fresco of the Incarnation of Christ by Ferdinand Gehr. A Gothic chapel with its own bell frame stands east near the choir, and the Wibrhus, a former women's house, is used as a cultural space.

Founded in 960, the monastery became a Benedictine provostry in 1097 and an autonomous enclave within Habsburg territory alongside the imperial county of Blumenegg. The provostry was long tied to Einsiedeln, was secularized in 1802 and passed to the Prince of Orange-Nassau before returning to Austria in 1804. It served as a monastery until 1958, when it became a church meeting and education centre.

Since the 1970s the provostry has hosted concerts, and several ECM Records albums were recorded in the church, including Officium by the Hilliard Ensemble with Jan Garbarek and Arvo Pärt's Da pacem Domine. Paul Bley, Evan Parker and Barre Phillips named a jazz album after St. Gerold. The church holds three organs by Christoph Enzenhofer of Bludesch, all tuned alike so they can be played together; a Kropfreiter composition for this was premiered here in 2000.

The complex sits in a remote alpine valley, so arriving by car is the most practical option for most visitors. Overnight stays are possible on site, and there is a restaurant serving food, which makes a longer visit easier to plan.

A path through the monastery forest leads to a labyrinth and a series of sensory stations that visitors can walk through at their own pace. This trail was added in recent decades and has no direct connection to the monastic tradition of the site.