Schottenstift (Vienna)
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The Schottenstift (full name: Benediktinerabtei unserer Lieben Frau zu den Schotten lit, Benedictine Abbey of Our Dear Lady to the Scots) is a Roman Catholic monastery founded in Vienna in 1155 when Henry II brought Irish-Scottish monks to Vienna. The monks did not come directly from Ireland, but came instead from St Jakob's, the Irish monastery in Regensburg, Germany. Since 1625 the abbey has been a member of the Austrian Congregation, now within the Benedictine Confederation.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schottenstift,_Vienna
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 48°12'45"N 16°21'54"E
- Abbey of Zwettl 97 km
- Seitenstetten Abbey 129 km
- St. Florian's Basilica 148 km
- Wilhering Abbey 162 km
- Kremsmünster Abbey 167 km
- Studenice 220 km
- Raitenhaslach Abbey 266 km
- Scheyern Abbey 365 km
- Benediktbeuren Abbey 375 km
- Abbey of Praglia 474 km
- Börse 0.3 km
- Am Hof 0.3 km
- Burgtheater 0.4 km
- University of Vienna 0.4 km
- Town Hall square 0.5 km
- City Hall garden 0.5 km
- Innere Stadt 0.5 km
- Rossauer Barracks 0.6 km
- Alsergrund 1.4 km
- Leopoldstadt 5.1 km