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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.

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.