Melk Abbey (German: Stift Melk) is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley.[1] The abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the remains of several members of the House of Babenberg, Austria's first ruling dynasty.[2]
^"Melk, Niederösterreich". Encyclopedia of Austria. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
^Ellegast, Dr. Burkhard (1998). Melk Abbey. Melk: Stift Melk. p. 51. ASIN B000N48KHS.
MelkAbbey (German: Stift Melk) is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining...
Danube. Melk has a population of 5,257 (as of 2012). It is best known as the site of a massive baroque Benedictine monastery named MelkAbbey. The town...
Austria. The architectural elegance of its ancient monasteries (MelkAbbey and Göttweig Abbey), castles and ruins combined with the urban architecture of...
The MelkAbbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Melk), also known as the Library of MelkAbbey, is an Austria-based monastic library located in Melk, Austria...
Stiftsgymnasium Melk (German: MelkAbbey's gymnasium) is a Roman Catholic Benedictine-run gymnasium located in Melk, Austria. The gymnasium is located...
Ockham (see the next section). The name of the novice, Adso of Melk, refers to MelkAbbey, the site of a famous medieval library. Further, his name echoes...
the MelkAbbey. This particular painting was recently selected as the main motif of a very high-value collectors' coin: the Austrian MelkAbbey commemorative...
architect, he designed and supervised the construction of the church of MelkAbbey, in Melk, Lower Austria. He was the uncle of Josef Munggenast, who inherited...
Thaya. South of the Danube (on its right bank) are the Enns, Ybbs, Erlauf, Melk, Pielach, Traisen, Schwechat, Fischa, Schwarza, Triesting, Pitten and the...
(Breen, 2009) On 13 October 1014, his relics were transferred to the Abbey of Melk by Bishop Megingard at the request of Marquis Henry of Austria. Decades...
Netherlands. Polish Rococo monstrances. Monstrance from the museum of the MelkAbbey, Austria. Monstrance from the museum in Pelplin, Poland. a 16th-century...
Renaissance style: Juleum in Helmstedt, Germany Baroque architecture: MelkAbbey, Austria Neoclassical architecture: Cathedral of Vilnius in Lithuania...
(1093), Göttweig Abbey (1094), Stein am Rhein Abbey (before 1123) and Prüm Abbey (1132). It also had significant influence on the abbeys of Alpirsbach (1099)...
Stiftsgymnasium Melk, a Roman Catholic Benedictine-run gymnasium located in Melk, Austria. The gymnasium, located within and run by the MelkAbbey monastery...
European Capital of Culture in 2009 with its contemporary art richness, the MelkAbbey, the university city of Krems and the cosmopolitan city of Vienna. Before...
Caen and Abbey of St-Denis in France, MelkAbbey in Austria, Great Lavra on Mt Athos, and the Malate Church in Manila. Abbeys The Romanesque Abbey Church...
Colman (or Koloman, Irish Colmán, derived from colm "dove") is buried in MelkAbbey and Saint Fergil (Virgil the Geometer) served as Bishop of Salzburg for...
was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna. He originally studied music at MelkAbbey and philosophy at a Benedictine seminary in Vienna, and became one of...
Category:Paintings of Benedict of Nursia. Saint Benedict and the cup of poison (MelkAbbey, Austria) Small gold-coloured Saint Benedict crucifix Both sides of a...
Austria: MelkAbbey Marble Hall and the library (1732–1733) Göttweig Abbey Apotheosis of Charles VI as Apollo over the main stairway (1739) Altenburg Abbey Church...
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