Göttweig Abbey
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Göttweig Abbey is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria. It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau. In the middle ages the abbey was a seat of learning with a library and a mon
East view of Göttweig Abbey
Abbey Church and Cloister
Göttweig Abbey library
Abbey church
Melk Abbey
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Melk Abbey is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley, that belongs to the Austrian Congregation. The ab
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…abbot at all, and in 1564 not a single monk remained. At this crisis, an imperial deputation arrived at Göttweig and elected Michael Herrlich, a monk of Melk Abbey, as abbot. The new abbot, who held his office until 1603, restored the monastery spiritually and financially, and rebuilt it after it had been almost…
Melk Abbey
Aerial view of the Melk Abbey and its park
Jesus of Nazareth on the Cross, Stift Melk
West view of Melk Abbey