Göttweig Abbey

Göttweig Abbey is a Benedictine monastery near in . It was founded in 1083 by Altmann, Bishop of Passau. In the middle ages the abbey was a seat of learning with a library and a monastic school.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria
  • Also known as: “Abbatia Gotwicensis”, “Abbaye de Gottweig”, “Abdij van Gottweig”, “Gesamtanlage Stift Göttweig samt Vorgängerbauten, frühere Besiedlung”, “Gottweih”, “Stift Gottweig”, and “ゲットヴァイヒ修道院”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Paudorf station and Hellerhof.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 200 metres north of Göttweig Abbey.

Manor estate
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is a manor estate, which is situated 700 metres northeast of Göttweig Abbey.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 680 metres northeast of Göttweig Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meidling and Fugging.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , Sankt Pölten-Land, . is situated 7 km south of Göttweig Abbey.

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Göttweig Abbey

Latitude
48.35° or 48° 21′ north
Longitude
15.61667° or 15° 37′ east
Elevation
250 metres (820 feet)
Open location code
8FWQ8JX8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2778228
Wiki­data ID
Q697421
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Slovak—“Göttweig Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Абатство Гьотвейг”
  • Bulgarian: “Гьотвайг”
  • Catalan: “abadia de Göttweig”
  • Chinese: “格特维克修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Göttweig”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Göttweig”
  • French: “abbaye de Göttweig”
  • French: “Abbaye de Göttweig”
  • German: “Göttweig”
  • German: “Stift Göttweig”
  • Hungarian: “Göttweigi apátság”
  • Irish: “Stift Göttweig”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Göttweig”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Göttweig”
  • Japanese: “ゲットヴァイク修道院”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Gottwicensis”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Benedyktynów Göttweig”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor Göttweig”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Paudorf and Hörfarth.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Halterbach and Fladnitzbach.

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