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
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria
  • Also known as: “Benediktinerstift Göttweig”, “Göttweig”, and “Stift Göttweig”
  • Address: 1, Stift Göttweig, Furth bei Göttweig, 3511

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Erentrudiskapelle, Stift Göttweig and Konvent-Friedhof Göttweig.

Church
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is a church.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery, which is situated 260 metres southeast of Göttweig Abbey.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 670 metres southwest of Göttweig Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meidling and Krems.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Göttweig Abbey.

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an der Donau is a riverside town in the 's Valley tourist region of .

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is a small town in the in , on the river . Together with the neighbouring villages of Oberloiben and Unterloiben it is one of the main wine-producing centres of the region, and attracts nearly 1.7 million visitors annually.

Göttweig Abbey

Latitude
48.36645° or 48° 21′ 59″ north
Longitude
15.61255° or 15° 36′ 45″ east
Inception
1083
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 558772862
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
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 Gottweig”
  • Dutch: “Abdij van Göttweig”
  • French: “Abbaye de Gottweig”
  • French: “abbaye de Göttweig”
  • French: “Abbaye de Göttweig”
  • German: “Gesamtanlage Stift Göttweig samt Vorgängerbauten, frühere Besiedlung”
  • German: “Göttweig”
  • German: “Gottweih”
  • 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”
  • Japanese: “ゲットヴァイヒ修道院”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Gottwicensis”
  • Latin: “Abbatia Gotwicensis”
  • Polish: “Opactwo Benedyktynów Göttweig”
  • Slovak: “Kláštor Göttweig”

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Highlights include Stiftskirche St. Maria and Altmannikapelle.

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