in 1629 the prince-archbishops established a Capuchin monastery here to spread the Counter-Reformation in the Enns Valley. As in many other Salzburg areas under the rule of Archbishop Leopold Anton von Firmian, the Protestant population was expelled in 1731/32; as Exulanten they were granted asylum by the Prussian king Frederick William I and settled in the Gumbinnen region of East Prussia.
It was in 1629 that the prince-archbishops set up a Capuchin monastery here to promote Catholicism in the Enns Valley. Similarly, under Archbishop Leopold Anton von Firmian's rule, Protestants were forced out of many Salzburg areas in 1731/32; those who became Exulanten were given refuge by Prussian king Frederick William I and settled in East Prussia's Gumbinnen area.