[2] Archbishop Eberhard II of Salzburg (1200–46) took over the advocacies of the Au and Gars Augustinian collegiate churches from their secular lords, the Mödlings.

[citation needed] The Zuccalli brothers, who made frescos at Weyarn, Gars and Au, were among the small number of foreigners who could get significant commissions.

The brothers follow various professions including work as bakers, butchers, gardeners, carpenters and tailors.

[3] The building complex also houses the teaching and administrative rooms of the Gymnasium Gars and an institute for teacher training.

[citation needed] The stigmatist Louise Beck(de) (1822–79) of Gars had influence over her confessors concerning church policies.

[8] A gifted mystic, Beck had visions from her childhood, and a cult formed around her after she developed the stigmata of Christ.

[citation needed] After completing his training as an artist, the painter Max Schmalzl joined the Redemptorist Order at Gars Abbey as a novice in November 1871.

He was ordained a priest in Regensburg in 1895 and was assigned to training future missionaries at the minor seminary of Dürrnberg, near Hallein.