The monastery complex was severely damaged by the 1348 Friuli earthquake and the convent experienced economical difficulties exacerbated by several Black Death epidemics in the following decades . In 1495 the monks leased parts of the premises to Jakob Fugger and his brothers who had smelteries and a trip hammer erected . Nevertheless , the situation worsened during the Protestant Reformation , when the convent stood at the brink of financial ruin . In the course of his Counter-Reformation measures around 1600 , the Habsburg archduke Ferdinand II of Austria pursued plans to hand over the monastery to the Jesuits which however were not carried out
1348 Friuli earthquake
1348 Friuli earthquake
Klosterruine Arnoldstein