The Benedictine abbey Stift Melk in Lower Austria
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Melk Abbey is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world’s most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of
Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river
Danube in
Lower Austria , adjoining the
Wachau valley.
The abbey was founded in 1089 when Leopold II, Margrave of Austria gave one of his castles to Benedictine monks from Lambach Abbey . A monastic school, the Stiftsgymnasium Melk , was founded in the 12th century, and the monastic library soon became renowned for its extensive manuscript collection. The monastery’s scriptorium was also a major site for the production of manuscripts. In the 15th century the abbey became the centre of the Melk Reform movement which reinvigorated the monastic life of Austria and Southern Germany.
Melk Abbey © Walter Hochauer/cc-by-sa-2.0
Today’s impressive Baroque abbey was built between 1702 and 1736 to designs by
Jakob Prandtauer . Particularly noteworthy is the abbey church with frescos by
Johann Michael Rottmayr and the impressive library with countless medieval manuscripts, including a famed collection of musical manuscripts and frescos by
Paul Troger .
Since 1625 the abbey has been a member of the
Austrian Congregation , now within the
Benedictine Confederation .
Read more on
Melk Abbey and
Wikipedia Melk Abbey . Photos by Wikipedia Commons.
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