Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz, Austria
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Heiligenkreuz Abbey is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz, in the southern Vienna Woods of Lower Austria, about 13 km north-west of Baden. Founded in 1101, it is the oldest continuously occupied Cistercian monastery in the world. Its architecture is classed as Baroque, and the complex also houses a university and a Catholic seminary. It holds tentative World Heritage status.
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- Built
- Type
- university, monastery, abbey
- Heritage
- Tentative World Heritage Site, Listed objects in Austria
- Place
- Heiligenkreuz, Austria
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