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Klosterneuburg

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Klosterneuburg , city (1991 pop. 24,442), Lower Austria prov., NE Austria, on the Danube River and the north slope of the Wienerwald, near Vienna. Klosterneuburg was port of Vienna from 1938 until 1954, when it was returned to Niederöstereich. It is the site of a wealthy Augustinian monastery (consecrated 1136), the oldest in Austria. The monastery has an extensive library, enormous wine cellars, and the famous Verduner Altar (1181) by Nicholaus of Verdun. Klostenburg is also home to the Federal College of Viticulture and Pomology (1860), one of the only schools in the world with a focus... Read more
Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg, Austria Asturis Originally a Roman fortress, a new development called Neuburg ‘New Citadel’ arose around a castle and an Augustinian abbey; this was later called Klosterneuburg from the German Kloster ‘monastery’. Read more
Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg, a monastery of Augustinian canons near Vienna, founded not later than 1108. It possesses great art treasures and a valuable library. In the 20th cent. it became noted for its support of the Liturgical Movement. Read more

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