You only see what you know (Goethe)
This exhibition room of Stift Klosterneuburg (Klosterneuburg Monastery) displays ancient Roman pieces. They are from an ancient predecessor settlement of today’s Klosterneuburg. The name of the Roman place is uncertain. Suggestions are Arrianis, Asturis, Cannabiaca or Quadriburgium.
While my visit to Stift Klosterneuburg (Klosterneuburg Monastery) I came across several examples of contemporary art which were well hidden in the structures of the monastery. For example, I discovered this red ‘thing’ in the cloistered courtyard by glimpsing through an open window.
Visitors find this sundial, dating back to 1570, at St Leopold’s Courtyard (Leopoldihof) of Klosterneuburg Abbey (Stift Klosterneuburg).
Geras Abbey (Stift Geras) is a Premonstratensian monastery in Lower Austria. At one of its side wings, you find this sundial. I wonder which building the sundial depicts. Perhaps one of its predecessor monasteries? Geras Abbey was founded in 1153 as a daughter house of Seelau Abbey.
This view from my hotel room in Geras shows Geras Abbey (Stift Geras). I stayed on the first floor of a former ‘Schüttkasten‘. A Schüttkasten is a building for the storage of corn in earlier times. Inside the abbey, I took a lesson in producing hand-made paper.
After reaching the walls of Dürnstein Castle (Burgruine Dürnstein), I had this view of Dürnstein Abbey (Stift Dürnstein). I guess some of you have already seen this church steeple while taking a river cruise ship?
Photo of Schlierbach Abbey taken during a train ride from Graz to Linz. In July 2009, I saw an informative exhibition about the history and culture of meals. As the monastery is famous for its cheese, I also visited the cheese dairy there.