scheyern abbey - bavaria

on our way home from the 70ties birthday party in franconia we have visited the the scheyern abbey (kloster scheyern). we do almost always visit some interesting spots on OR near to our roads, you know? the main reason for scheyern was to visit its brewery and to try its dark beer. well, it was not bad but also nothing what makes you crazy, at least not the first 2 or 3 glasses 😂. and the public bar we went in was also acoustically much too loud, so not the nicest place to be. but yes, there are other restaurants in the scheyern abbey too ...

the benedictine monastery scheyern was founded in 1119

 inside the benedictines abbey (benediktiner, benediktinerabtei)

the church

public bar

few more pictures here.

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stift heiligenkreuz (monastery) - austria

on my road to our old classmates meet up in the czech republic, i and my young fellow passenger have had a beautiful break at the 900+ years old heiligenkreuz abbey in the wienerwald forest close to vienna, austria. it was built in 1133 and is the 2nd oldest perpetually occupied cistercian abbey in the world (next to the 4 years older rein abbey).

what a nice hall in the heiligenkreuz monastery

well, on my way back through austria i did not have much luck on the highway. i've been 29 km per hour to fast in one police control and had to pay a 100€ fine later 😢. i simply didn't seen the sign for speed reduction and my stupid car navigation does not show the usual speed limits on the road 😧.
enjoy few pictures:

 stations of the cross heiligenkreuz

stift heiligenkreuz abbey

inner yard

 
 
in the church

zisterzienser kloster heiligenkreuz abbey as seen from the air (source wikipedia, stift heiligenkreuz)

we have enjoyed a cold beer in the beer garden before we left heiligenkreuz

more pictures here.
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stift reichersberg (monastery) - austria

what a nice trip from castle neuburg (DE) along the river inn to the 900+ years old reichersberg monastery of the augustiner-chorherren order in upper austria (AT).

stift reichersberg (reichersberg monastery), built 1080 - 1080

reichersberg village

reichersberg abbey / augustiner kloster reichersberg

medieval reichersberg

kloster reichersberg, 1080 - 1084

view to the direction of river inn ~ what a nice green area

 poppy field

 let's go back to schärding (AT) and swim in the lake near neuhaus (DE)

suben, currently a prison in austria

more pictures here.

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