Heiligenkreuz

Gemeinde Heiligenkreuz occupies a wooded valley in Lower Austria’s Vienna Woods, southwest of Vienna. Its identity is inseparable from Heiligenkreuz Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1133 and one of the order’s oldest continuously occupied houses. The abbey church brings Romanesque and Gothic fabric together, while the cloister and medieval chapter house preserve the measured atmosphere of monastic life. Forest tracks and local roads lead through the Wienerwald, a broad upland woodland that defines this corner of Lower Austria rather than an Alpine setting. The community remains small, but the abbey gives it an enduring place in Austrian religious and architectural history. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Heiligenkreuz and Lower Austria.

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