Admont Abbey
A Benedictine monastery on the Enns river in Styria, and the oldest surviving monastery in the province. Its library, finished in 1776, is counted as the largest monastery library in the world, with a hall of pale Baroque frescoes.
- Where
- Admont, Styria, Austria
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 47.5750, 14.4622
Get the Admont Abbey stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Admont Abbey. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Styria volume with your photos and a note.
Near Admont Abbey
Gesäuse National Park 14 km
A national park in Upper Styria, covering large parts of the Gesäuse range in the Ennstal Alps. The Enns river cuts a steep water gap through it between Admont and Hieflau, and it is popular for climbing and rafting.
Lake Toplitz 41 km
A deep lake in a forested valley in the Styrian Salzkammergut, surrounded by steep cliffs and reached on foot or by a small electric boat. Legend says the Nazis sank treasure and forged banknotes in its waters in 1945, and divers have recovered crates from it.
Altaussee Salt Mine 55 km
A working salt mine in the Styrian Salzkammergut that is open to visitors, who ride in on a miners' train and slide down wooden chutes. In the last months of the Second World War it hid thousands of artworks taken by the Nazis, later recovered by Allied troops.
Kremsmünster Abbey 59 km
A Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster in Upper Austria, founded in 777. It is known for its seven storey observatory tower, built in the 1750s, and for the Tassilo Chalice, a treasured work of early medieval art.
Traunsee 59 km
A lake in Upper Austria with a maximum depth of 191 metres, the deepest in the country. The town of Gmunden lies at its northern end, with the Schloss Ort castle on a small island, and the Traunstein mountain rises on the east shore.
Hallstätter See 60 km
A lake in the Salzkammergut, lying below the town of Hallstatt, which has mined salt for thousands of years. Steep mountains rise from its shore and boats cross it between the villages.
Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape 61 km
An Alpine landscape of lakes, mountains and old salt-mining settlements in the Salzkammergut, inscribed by UNESCO in 1997. Salt has been mined here since prehistoric times, and the town of Hallstatt sits on the shore of its lake beneath steep cliffs.
Ötscher 64 km
A prominent peak of 1,893 metres in south western Lower Austria, in the Ybbstal Alps of the Northern Limestone Alps. Its name has Slavic roots and is roughly a diminutive of father.
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Questions
Where is Admont Abbey?
Admont Abbey is in Admont, Styria, Austria. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gesäuse National Park (14 km), Lake Toplitz (41 km), Altaussee Salt Mine (55 km).
How do I get the Admont Abbey stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Admont Abbey and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Styria volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Admont Abbey before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Styria volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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