Abbey of Kremsmünster

Abbey of Kremsmünster is part of the Tentative list of Austria in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

The Abbey of Kremsmünster is a Benedictine monastery founded in 777. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the monastery was extensively expanded and remodelled in the Baroque style. The most remarkable structures are the 51-metre-high "Mathematical Tower", one of the oldest observatories in Central Europe, and the "Fischkalter", baroque water basins for fish farming.

Map of Abbey of Kremsmünster

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Jakob Frenzel

Germany - 17-Nov-14 -

We visited Kremsmünster in September 2014. We arrived at night and slept on he big carpark. In the morning we had a nice walk through the halls of the Abbey. Not bad, but certainly not unique, only one of the many abbeys in Austria

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Site Info

Full Name: Abbey of Kremsmünster
Country: Austria
Added: 1994
Type: Cultural
Link: By ID

Site History

1994 Added to Tentative List

Site Links

Unesco Website: Abbey of Kremsmünster

Locations

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Abbey of Kremsmünster (T)

Visitors

16 Community Members have visited.

Afshin Iranpour Alexander Lehmann Bergecn David Berlanda Hubert Jakob Frenzel Jonas Kremer Kasia M. Martin Funkhauser Nan Roger Ourset Thomas Buechler Thorben Walter ZX You Zen Zeng

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