Heiligenkreuz Abbey

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Heiligenkreuz Abbey is a historic Cistercian monastery in Lower Austria renowned as one of the world’s oldest continuously occupied monasteries and a traditional burial site of the Babenberg dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian monastery
abbey
affiliation Congregation of Mehrerau
burialSiteOf Babenberg dynasty
linked to: House of Babenberg
country Austria
dedicatedTo Holy Cross
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
followsRule Rule of Saint Benedict
foundedAs daughter house of Morimond Abbey
foundedBy Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
foundedIn 1133
governedBy Abbot of Heiligenkreuz
hasActivity Gregorian chant
hasArchitecturalStyle Baroque architecture
Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
hasChurch Abbey church of Heiligenkreuz
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
hasCloister Heiligenkreuz Abbey cloister
hasFunction monastic community
pilgrimage site
theological education
hasGuesthouse Heiligenkreuz Abbey guesthouse
hasLibrary Heiligenkreuz Abbey library
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
hasMotto Crux sancta sit mihi lux
hasMusicSchool Schola Gregoriana Heiligenkreuz
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
hasNameInGerman Stift Heiligenkreuz
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
hasNumberOfMonksApprox around 90
hasTourism open to visitors
hasWebsite https://www.stift-heiligenkreuz.org/
heritageStatus important cultural heritage site of Austria
houses Pope Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University
isOneOf oldest continuously occupied Cistercian monasteries in the world
languageOfCommunity German
languageOfLiturgy Latin
locatedIn Diocese of Vienna
Heiligenkreuz
Lower Austria
Wienerwald
motherAbbey Morimond Abbey
near Vienna
notableFeature Baroque high altar
Gothic cloister
Romanesque nave
recorded Gregorian chant albums
region Baden District, Lower Austria
religiousOrder Cistercians
rite Roman Rite

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Leopold V, Duke of Austria burialPlace Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Vienna Woods contains Heiligenkreuz Abbey
House of Babenberg burialPlace Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Catholic Church in Austria hasMonastery Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Clairvaux Abbey motherHouseOf Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Saint Leopold III, Margrave of Austria founded Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz Abbey hasNameInGerman Stift Heiligenkreuz
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz Abbey hasChurch Abbey church of Heiligenkreuz
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz Abbey hasLibrary Heiligenkreuz Abbey library
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz Abbey hasMusicSchool Schola Gregoriana Heiligenkreuz
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Leopold VI, Duke of Austria burialPlace Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Frederick I, Duke of Austria burialPlace Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Baroness Mary Vetsera burialPlace Heiligenkreuz Abbey, Lower Austria
linked to: Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz hasPart Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz knownFor Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz hasReligiousBuilding Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Heiligenkreuz hasHeritageSite Heiligenkreuz Abbey