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Austrian monastaries display treasures

IF AUSTRIA is known the
world over today as a land
of culture, the credit of this
fame and glory belongs to its
monasteries. Scattered
throughout the country, the
monasteries not only pro-
claimed the Christian Faith,
but influenced the building
of towns and streets,
schools, libraries and the
advancement of culture.
Over the centuries the
monasteries and _ cloisters
decisively stamped and
molded the history of this
country. Today, the greater
part of their function has
been lost, but they still stand
in splendcr and magnifi-
cence as reminders of the
culture of past epochs. Of
special interest to today’s
visitors are, along with the
uniqueness of the architec-
ture, the countless treasures
which are among the most
valuable Austria has to of-
fer.

Before the gates of Vienna
stands Klosterneuburg,
founded in 1133 by the
Babengergian Duke Leopold
Ii], now Austria’s patron
Saint. Within its walls can be
found one of the most
precious witnesses, to the ari
of the Middle Ages, the vers-
dun altar, consisting of 51
scenes from the Old and
New testament.

The monastery of Melk
marks the entrance to one of
Austria’s foveliest holiday
landscapes, the Danube
Valley of the Wachau. From
976 to 1106 this Benedictine
monastery served as royal
residence to the Babenbergs.
Central Europe’s most cele-
brated painters, sculptors
and stuccoworkers con-
tributed to the interior deco-
tation.

Design of the Baroque
monastery of Gottweig at
the far end of the Wachau
was drawn up by imperial
court architect’ Lukss von
Hildebrandt. The monastery
with its characteristic corner
towers occupies the whole of
the mountaintop and is visi-
ble for miles. The entire
structure was restored for its
900-jubilee in 1983, and now
provides the visitor with an

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authentic impression of true
Baroque splendor.

8th Century marriage-
chalice of the Bavarian Duke
Tassilo Hf is among the
wonders of the Monastery of
Kremsmunster in Upper
Austria. A sight well worth
seeing in this Baroque
monastery church is the
unique fish basin designed in
1717 to provide the monks
with a constant supply of

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fresh fish. A large art collec-
tion is housed in the Stern-
warte, which was Europe's
first skyscraper. In 1977 this
collection was newly
assembled for public exhib-
ition to mark the 1,200 an-
niversary of the monastery’s
founding.

St. Florin monastery near
Linz was founded in the year
880. The monastery itself
was erected upon the grave

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of St. Florian, who, in the
time of the Romans, suf-
fered a martyr's death there.
Us most impressive features
is the 200-metre long West
Front, relieved by the deco-
rative towers of the
monastery church and the
mighty Bruckner Organ
within.

Eighth wonder of the
world is a term sometimes
applied to the library of the

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Benedictine Monastery of
Admont in Styria. Following
the motto: “A Monastery
without books is like a for-
tress without weapons,”’
works of liturgy and litera-
ture have been assembled
here since the foundation in
859 A.D. Its collection of
some 150,000 volumes
makes this library, in fact,
the largest of -all the
monasteries on earth.

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