Garsten Abbey
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Garsten Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery located in Garsten near Steyr in Upper Austria. Since 1851, the former monastery buildings have accommodated a prison.
Garsten Abbey Church
Garsten Abbey church - interior
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
Garsten Abbey
…dowry of Ottokar's wife Elisabeth, daughter of the Babenberger Leopold II of Austria. In 1107–1108 the monastery was made a priory of the Benedictine Göttweig Abbey; and became an independent abbey in 1110–1111. Its first and greatest abbot was Blessed Berthold of Garsten (d. 1142), a champion of the Hirsau Reforms…
East view of Göttweig Abbey
Abbey Church and Cloister
Göttweig Abbey library
Abbey church