 Courtyard of the Stift Melk Stift Melk is a Benedictine abbey in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. It was founded in 1089 and resides on a rock above the city of Melk. Download high resolution version (2443x1523, 2681 KB)Foto W. Hochauer, Stift Melk, Lower Austria, This photo is from Abbey Melk, April 2005 from Walter Hochauer [1] File links The following pages link to this file: Wachau Stift Melk Image:Stift melk 001. ...
Download high resolution version (2443x1523, 2681 KB)Foto W. Hochauer, Stift Melk, Lower Austria, This photo is from Abbey Melk, April 2005 from Walter Hochauer [1] File links The following pages link to this file: Wachau Stift Melk Image:Stift melk 001. ...
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A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of Saint Benedict, whether belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, or to one of the Anglican or Protestant churches. ...
An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. ...
Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland. ...
Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesländer in Austria. ...
The Wachau is a valley formed by the Danube river. ...
Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078 m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500 m³/s Area watershed 817,000 km² Origin Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg, Germany...
Events Northumbria divided by the Normans into the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire August 11, powerful Britain Coronation of Rama Varma Kulasekhara in Kerala Synod of Melfi under Pope Urban II imposes slavery on the wives of priests Palmyra destroyed by earthquake Byzantine conquest of Crete...
Melk seen from the abbey Stift Melk Melk (older spelling: Mölk) is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. ...
Today's impressive baroque ensemble was built in 1702-1736 by architect Jakob Prandtauer. Noteworthy is the Church with frescos by Johann Michael Rottmayr and the impressive library with countless medieval handwritings. Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...
Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ...
Jakob Prandtauer (1660–1726) was an architect. ...
A XIV Century fresco featuring Saint Sebastian Note: Fresco is the NATO reporting name of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. ...
Johann Michael Rottmayr Johann Michael Rottmayr (December 11, 1656 in Laufen an der Salzach, Austria; † October 25, 1730) was an Austrian painter. ...
Modern-style library In its traditional sense, a library is a collection of books and periodicals. ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Umberto Eco named one of the protagonists in his well-known novel The Name of the Rose as a tribute to the abbey and its famous library "Adso von Melk". Photo of Umberto Eco by Robert Birnbaum Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932) is an Italian novelist and philosopher, best known for his novels and essays. ...
The Name of the Rose, a 1980 novel by Umberto Eco, is a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327 during the papacy of Pope John XXII. The book was also made into a film in 1986, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Sean Connery...
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