Teil der romanischen Westfassade

3D Model

Part of the romanesque western facade (1187) of the church in Heiligenkreuz Abbey.

Heiligenkreuz Abbey in the Wienerwald was founded in 1133 by St.Leopold III of the House of Babenberg. Leopold’s son, Otto, had been sent to Paris to obtain an international education. In Paris, Otto came in contact with Cistercian monks and soon decided to enter a Cistercian monastery.

When Otto visitied his father in Austria, he asked him to build a similar monastery for Lower Austria. This was the reason why St. Leopold built Heiligenkreuz; he also founded Klosterneuburg (in the northwest of Vienna).

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