Culinary Heritage of the cistercians

Programme for the conference

Friday, 26.09.2025

13.30 Registration

14.00 Greetings

14.30 Opening lecture: Winfried Schenk, Agricultural production and cultural landscape in the solar age under feudal conditions

15.30 Coffee break

16.00 PANEL 1: APPROACHES TO THE CISTERCIANS

Alexandra Baier, Cisterscapes: Monastic landscapes as European cultural heritage. Milestones and perspectives of transnational cooperation

Iva Adámková, Recipes and rhetoric: Bernard of Clairvaux and current monastic issues

Andreas Gamerith, Table delights of Zwettl. Staging Cistercian table culture using the example of Zwettl Abbey

17.30 Evening lecture: Gerhard Ammerer, Food and drink in urban spaces. Culinary history of Salzburg in the early modern period

19.00 Dinner together

Saturday, 27.09.2025

9.00 PANEL 2: CULINARY HERITAGE OF THE CISTERCIANS

Michael Brauer/Verena Deisl, The culinary heritage of the Cistercians between asceticism and accommodation

Fr. Aloysius M. Zierl OCist, The culinary heritage of the Cistercians between asceticism and accommodation

Gerald Hirtner, Bread as a foundation of a Benedictine community

10.30 Coffee break

11.00 PANEL 3: CULTURAL HERITAGE AND MEDIATION

Michael Brauer/Verena Deisl, Cistercian cuisine in the context of events

Martina Schutová, The culinary heritage of the Cistercians as a topic for educational programmes

Dirk Gotzmann, Approaches to culinary landscapes

12.30 Lunch break

13.30 Keynote: Stefan Issig, Book presentation on the culinary culture of the Cistercians

14.30 WORKSHOPS

WS 1: Matthias Gebauer, Nutrition in the museum

WS 2: Inge Gotzmann/Dirk Gotzmann, Intangible cultural heritage of the monasteries: Passing on knowledge and skills

WS 3: Tomas Pleva, 3D visualisation (max. 14 participants; English)

WS 4: Marlene Ernst/Katharina Zeppezauer-Wachauer: Dealing with historicalrecipes (terms, ingredients, modern interpretation)

15.30 Coffee break

16.00 Continuation of the workshops

17.00 Presentation of the results from the workshops; final discussion

Followed by dinner(self-payers)

Sunday, 28.09.20259.00 Excursions (Spiritual Salzburg/Culinary Salzburg)

Culinary Heritage of the cistercians

Venue: University of Salzburg, Unipark Nonntal, Erzabt-Klotz-Straße 1, 5020 Salzburg

HS Agnes Muthspiel (UNIPEG0.003)

Registration for the conference and further information:

Beate Rödhammer, beate.roedhammer@plus.ac.at, Tel. 0662-8044 4777