Schlierbach: VK_A09_012,645-F1-FL
Few places in Upper Austria have a history as closely tied to Cistercian monastic life as Schlierbach. Founded in 1355, Schlierbach Abbey remains the town’s defining cultural institution; its church and monastic buildings give the settlement a distinct presence in the Kremstal. The Krems runs through this agricultural valley, where fields meet the wooded foothills of the Upper Austrian Prealps. Schlierbach is also closely linked to the A9 Pyhrn Autobahn, an important north–south route between Linz and Graz. This places a small monastery town beside one of Austria’s principal Alpine transport corridors, while the surrounding valley retains its rural working character.
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Schlierbach combines the quiet rhythm of a rural Upper Austrian community with the presence of a long-established monastic centre in a way that reflects its position in the Krems valley below the Alpine foothills. The village is best known for Schlierbach Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1355; its church and monastic buildings bear the imprint of later Baroque rebuilding. Abbey life also includes a cheese dairy, making Schlierbacher cheese a local culinary reference. Meadows and wooded slopes surround the settlement, while the nearby limestone ranges of the Austrian Alps place it within the wider Kalkalpen region. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Schlierbach and Upper Austria.
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Formed around the Danube and Enns corridors, Upper Austria developed into one of Austria’s nine federal states. Linz, its capital on the Danube, combines a major industrial tradition with cultural institutions including the Ars Electronica Center. North of the river, the Mühlviertel rolls towards the Czech border; southward, the terrain rises into the Alpine foothills and the lake country of the Salzkammergut. Hallstatt, beside Hallstätter See, is among the region’s best-known historic settlements and lends its name to the Hallstatt period of early Iron Age Europe. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of Upper Austria.
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Austria stretches from the Bohemian Massif along its northern edge to the Carnic Alps on the Italian border, encompassing high Alpine ranges and the Danube lowlands. The Danube links cities including Linz and Vienna, while the Grossglockner, at 3,798 metres, is the country’s highest mountain. Vienna developed for centuries as the seat of the Habsburg court, leaving imperial architecture around the Hofburg and Schönbrunn Palace. Salzburg is closely associated with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was born there in 1756. Alpine Tyrol, wine-growing areas east of Vienna and the lakes of Salzkammergut add markedly different regional identities. Browse other webcams across Austria to place this setting in a wider geographic context.
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