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Klosterneuburg Abbey or Monastery (German: Stift Klosterneuburg) is a twelfth-century Augustinian monastery of the Catholic Church located in the town of Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria. Overlooking the Danube , just north of the Vienna city limits at the Leopoldsberg , the monastery was founded in 1114 by Saint Leopold III of Babenberg , the ...
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Description. Welcome to Klosterneuburg Monastry and the Order of the Augustinian Canons! In an eventful history spanning nine centuries, Klosterneuburg Monastery has developed into a religious, pastoral, scientific, cultural and economic centre. Since its foundation in the 12th century, Klosterneuburg Monastery has had a multitude of vocations ...
- Stiftsplatz 1, Klosterneuburg, 3400
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Klosterneuburg (German pronunciation: [kloːstɐˈnɔɪ̯bʊʁk] ⓘ), frequently abbreviated to Kloburg by locals, is a town in the Tulln District of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It has a population of about 27,500.
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- Austria
- 192 m (630 ft)
- Lower Austria
The monastery, always one of the most important spiritual and artistic centers in Austria, defended papal interests in the Middle Ages, and in 1359 its provost received the right to wear pontificals. As a rich monastery it had political prominence, and as the burial place of Leopold it was the religious center of the country.
History of Klosterneuburg Abbey. According to the legend, Margrave Leopold III founded Klosterneuburg Abbey at the place where he found the veil of his wife Agnes, which had been seized by a gust of wind on the day of their wedding.
Klosterneuburg, town, northeastern Austria. It lies on the west bank of the Danube River at the foot of the Leopoldsberg (1,394 feet [425 metres]) and at the north edge of the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald), just northwest of Vienna. It was originally the site of a Roman fortress (Asturis).
Klosterneuburg Monastery was founded in 1114 by Saint Leopold III of Babenberg, the patron saint of Austria, and his second wife Agnes of Germany. In 1136, the abbey church was consecrated after 22 years of construction. The form of that original basilica has survived for nine centuries, despite many subsequent modifications and reconstructions.
