Weltenburg Abbey

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Weltenburg Abbey is a historic Benedictine monastery in Bavaria, Germany, renowned for its picturesque location on the Danube Gorge and its brewery, considered one of the oldest monastic breweries in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery
Catholic monastery
monastery brewery
accessibleBy boat on the Danube
architect Cosmas Damian Asam
Egid Quirin Asam
architecturalStyle Baroque
breweryClaim one of the oldest monastic breweries in the world
breweryFoundedIn 1050
breweryType monastic brewery
churchArchitecturalStyle Baroque
Rococo elements
country Germany
dedicatedTo Saint George
denomination Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
diocese Diocese of Regensburg
features frescoes by Cosmas Damian Asam
stucco work by Egid Quirin Asam
foundedBy Saint Eustace of Luxeuil
linked to: Eustace of Luxeuil

monks from Luxeuil Abbey
foundedIn 7th century
hasFunction brewery
guesthouse for visitors
religious community
hasPart Abbey church of St. George
Weltenburg Abbey brewery
heritageStatus protected historic monument
knownFor baroque church
monastic brewery
picturesque location in the Danube Gorge
languageOfLiturgy German
locatedIn Bavaria
Danube Gorge
Kelheim district
Weltenburg
locatedOn Danube River
linked to: Danube
near Kelheim
Regensburg
patronSaint Saint George
produces Weltenburger Kloster beer
dark beer
rebuiltIn 18th century
region Lower Bavaria
religiousOrder Order of Saint Benedict
linked to: Benedictines
surroundedBy Danube Gorge nature reserve
tourism popular pilgrimage site
popular tourist attraction in Bavaria

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Kelheim (district) contains Weltenburg Abbey
Kelheim (district) hasHeritageSite Weltenburg Abbey
Danube Gorge near Weltenburg Abbey
Weltenburg Narrows near Weltenburg Abbey
Befreiungshalle nearbyAttraction Weltenburg Abbey