Altenburg Abbey
Altenburg Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Austria. It was founded in 1144 by Countess Hildeburg of Poigen-Rebgau. It is located in Horn, near Sankt Pölten, in Lower Austria. The site is known for its Baroque architecture today.
Gallery
Crypt
- Stift Altenburg Bibliothek.jpg
Library at Altenburg abbey
- Stift Altenburg Stiftskirche Kuppelfresko.jpg
Fresco on a church ceiling
- Altenburg - Stiftskirche, Orgel.JPG
Organ of the collegiate church
Altenburg Abbey Media
- Altenburg - Stift, Luftaufnahme (2).JPG
Altenburg Abbey in Lower Austria
- Stift Altenburg Kirche Innenraum 01.JPG
Interior of Altenburg Abbey Church, Lower Austria
- Altenburg Stift Altenburg Mittelalterliches Kloster 5.JPG
A medieval "monastery below the monastery"
- Stift Altenburg Grundriss 1.jpg
1. Fountain Court, 2. Convent Court, 3. Kitchen Court, 4. Prelates Court, 5. Church Court, 6. Johann's Court, 7. Great Abbey Court, 8. Abbey Church, 9. Library Wing (Crypt), 10. Marble Wing (Sala terrena), 11. Inner Medieval Monastery (Cloister), 12. Outer Medieval Monastery
Stift Altenburg, garden of religions
Other websites
Media related to Stift Altenburg at Wikimedia Commons
- Altenburg Abbey website (in German)