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Landesfragen › Niederösterreich
Was ist das Stift Heiligenkreuz in Niederösterreich?
- Ein modernes Kloster
- Ein Barockkloster im Wienerwald, eines der ältesten noch bewohnten Zisterzienserklöster der Welt, 1133 gegründet
- Ein Benediktinerstift in der Wachau
- Ein protestantisches Stift
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Heiligenkreuz Abbey was founded by Margrave Leopold III of Babenberg in 1133 and has been continuously occupied by Cistercian monks ever since, making it one of the longest-continuously-inhabited monasteries of its order anywhere in the world. Its Romanesque church and Gothic cloister represent outstanding examples of medieval religious architecture in the Vienna Woods. The monks maintain an active contemplative community and gained wider public attention through a Gregorian chant album released in 2008.