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2 unusual facts about Admont Abbey


Admont Abbey

As part of the reconstruction Father Gabriel Strobl determined to replace the lost collections, and so formed the nucleus of the modern museums.

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The oldest remaining monastery in Styria, Admont Abbey contains the second largest monastic library in the world after the one in Mafra, Portugal, as well as a long-established scientific collection.



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Berthold II, Count of Andechs

When his daughter Kunigunde entered Admont Abbey, he donated 15 oxgangs of land in Moosburg to the abbey.