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frescoes in Southern Germany and Austria, and the former abbey tavern, now a pharmacy, with a beautiful Baroque façade. The abbey's Baroque theatre has also been restored to working order and the summer refectory from the early 18th century by Carlo Antonio Carlone has been converted into a concert
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The abbey church was also refurbished in the Baroque style, with an organ by Christoph Egedacher and contains the tomb of Saint Adelbero. The abbey also possesses the medieval St. Adelbero's Chalice, although it is rarely on view to the public, besides a large collection of sacred art. The library
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by Diego Carlone from the same period is of great magnificence. An unexpected feature is the set of Baroque dwarves in the monastery garden (see also
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Between Easter Sunday and 31. of October guided tours are offered every day at 14:00. The tour includes entrance to the
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used in decorative carving on the stone and woodwork of the building. He later used it as a symbol for the
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A monastery was founded in Lambach in about 1040 by Count Arnold II of Lambach-Wels. His son, Bishop
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was constructed about 1691 and contains approximately 50,000 volumes as well as archive material.
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lived in the town of Lambach with his parents and attended the monastery school, where he saw the
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The abbey has preserved much of cultural interest. It contains the oldest extant
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family. Lambach escaped the dissolution of the monasteries of Emperor
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frescoes, the Baroque theatre, the library and the Baroque church.
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Christian monasteries established in the 11th century
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1056
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German
Benedictine
Lambach
Wels-Land
Upper Austria
Adalbero of Würzburg
Baroque
Joseph II
Adolf Hitler
hakenkreuz
Nazi Party

Romanesque
Romanesque
ambulatory
Gleink Abbey
Austrian Congregation
Benedictine Confederation
"The Rise of Adolf Hitler: The Nazi Party is Formed"
Lambach Abbey website
48°05′27″N 13°52′38″E / 48.09083°N 13.87722°E / 48.09083; 13.87722
Categories
Benedictine monasteries in Austria
Christian monasteries established in the 11th century
Monasteries in Upper Austria
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1056

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