Wachau
Melk District
Melk

Melk Abbey

Melk Abbey is a Benedictine abbey above the town of , , on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river, adjoining the valley, that belongs to the Austrian Congregation.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: Benedictine Abbey in Melk, Austria
  • Also known as: “Mölk”
  • Address: A. B. Dietmayr-Straße 1, Melk, 3390
  • Wheelchair access: limited
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bürgerhaus, ehem. Salzstadel, ehem. Brotladen Melk and Mariä-Himmelfahrt-Kirche.

Historic building
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is a historic building, which is situated 130 metres south of Melk Abbey.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 220 metres south of Melk Abbey.

Community center
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is a community center, which is situated 300 metres southwest of Melk Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Emmersdorf and Leiben.

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an der Donau is a town in the district of Melk in the state of .

Village
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is a town in the district of Melk in the state of . is situated 5 km west of Melk Abbey.

Village
is a settlement in the municipality of in , in northeastern . is situated 7 km east of Melk Abbey.

Melk Abbey

Latitude
48.22861° or 48° 13′ 43″ north
Longitude
15.3315° or 15° 19′ 53″ east
Elevation
248 metres (814 feet)
Inception
1089
Open location code
8FWQ68HJ+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41656763
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
7536060
Wiki­data ID
Q660082
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Melk Abbey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير ميلك”
  • Armenian: “Մելկի վանական համալիր”
  • Basque: “Melkeko abadia”
  • Breton: “Abati Melk”
  • Bulgarian: “Абатство Мелк”
  • Bulgarian: “Мелкско абатство”
  • Catalan: “Abadia de Melk”
  • Chinese: “梅尔克修道院”
  • Chinese: “梅尔克隐修院”
  • Chinese: “梅爾克修道院”
  • Czech: “Klášter Melk”
  • Danish: “Stift Melk”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Melk”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Melk”
  • Dutch: “Stift Melk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير ميلك”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Melk”
  • Finnish: “Stift Melk”
  • French: “Abbaye bénédictine de Melk”
  • French: “abbaye de Melk”
  • French: “Abbaye de Melk”
  • Galician: “Abadía de Melk”
  • German: “Abtei Melk”
  • German: “Benediktinerstift Melk”
  • German: “Gesamtanlage Stift Melk”
  • German: “Kloster Melk”
  • German: “Stift Melk”
  • Greek: “Αβαείο Μελκ”
  • Greek: “Αββαείο Μελκ”
  • Greek: “Αββαείο του Μελκ”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר מלק”
  • Hungarian: “melki apátság”
  • Hungarian: “Melki apátság”
  • Indonesian: “Biara Melk”
  • Italian: “abbazia di Melk”
  • Italian: “Abbazia di Melk”
  • Japanese: “メルク修道院”
  • Korean: “멜크 수도원”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Medilicensis”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Mellicensis”
  • Latvian: “Melkas abatija”
  • Macedonian: “Мелчка опатија”
  • Macedonian: “Мелчки манастир”
  • Malay: “Biara Benediktus Melk”
  • Malay: “Biara Melk”
  • Malay: “Gereja Melk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Melk kloster”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stift Melk”
  • Norwegian: “Stift Melk”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Benedyktynów w Melku”
  • Portuguese: “Abadia de Melk”
  • Romanian: “Abaţia melk”
  • Romanian: “Abația Melk”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Melk”
  • Romanian: “Stift Melk”
  • Russian: “Монастырь в Мельке”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opatija u Melku”
  • Slovenian: “Benediktinski samostan Melk”
  • Spanish: “Abadia de melk”
  • Spanish: “abadía de Melk”
  • Spanish: “Abadía de Melk”
  • Swedish: “Stift Melk”
  • Thai: “Melk Abbey”
  • Thai: “Stift Melk”
  • Thai: “อารามเมลค์”
  • Thai: “แอบบีเมลค์”
  • Turkish: “Melk Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мелькське абатство”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир у Мельку”
  • Vietnamese: “Melk Abbey”

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