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Melk Abbey, the Glossary

Melk Abbey (Stift Melk) is a Benedictine abbey above the town of Melk, Lower Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley.^[1]

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Monasteries in Lower Austria
Tourist attractions in Lower Austria

A Time of Gifts

A Time of Gifts (1977) is a travel book by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor.

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Abbey

An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess.

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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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Anschluss

The Anschluss (or Anschluß), also known as the Anschluß Österreichs (Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938.

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Austrian Academy of Sciences

The Austrian Academy of Sciences (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria.

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Austrian Congregation

The Austrian Congregation is a congregation of Benedictine monasteries situated in Austria, within the Benedictine Confederation.

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Babenberg

The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Battle of Vienna

The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months.

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Benedict of Nursia

Benedict of Nursia (Benedictus Nursiae; Benedetto da Norcia; 2 March 480 – 21 March 547), often known as Saint Benedict, was an Italian Catholic monk.

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Benedictine Confederation

The Benedictine Confederation of the Order of Saint Benedict (Confœderatio Benedictina Ordinis Sancti Benedicti) is the international governing body of the Order of Saint Benedict.

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The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Coloman of Stockerau

Coloman of Stockerau (Colmán; Colomannus; died 18 October 1012) was an Irish saint.

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Danube

The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.

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Der Rosendorn

Der Rosendorn (sometimes Der weiße Rosendorn) is a thirteenth-century German poem.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Fresco

Fresco (or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster.

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Jakob Prandtauer

Jakob Prandtauer (baptized in Stanz bei Landeck (Tyrol) on 16 July 1660; died in Sankt Pölten on 16 September 1726) was an Austrian Baroque architect.

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Johann Michael Rottmayr

Johann Michael Rottmayr (11 December 1656 – 25 October 1730) was an Austrian painter.

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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death.

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Lambach Abbey

Lambach Abbey (Stift Lambach) is a Benedictine monastery in Lambach in the Wels-Land district of Upper Austria, Austria. Melk Abbey and Lambach Abbey are Benedictine monasteries in Austria and Christian monasteries established in the 11th century.

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Leopold II, Margrave of Austria

Leopold II (1050 – 12 October 1095), known as Leopold the Fair (Luitpold der Schöne), a member of the House of Babenberg, was Margrave of Austria from 1075 until his death in 1095.

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Lower Austria

Lower Austria (Niederösterreich abbreviation LA or NÖ; Austro-Bavarian: Niedaöstareich, Niedaestareich, Dolné Rakúsko, Dolní Rakousy) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country.

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Masonic lodge

A Masonic lodge, also called a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry.

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Melk

Melk (older spelling: Mölk) is a city in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube.

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Melk Abbey Library

The Melk Abbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Melk), also known as the Library of Melk Abbey, is an Austria-based monastic library located in Melk, Austria.

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Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.

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Patrick Leigh Fermor

Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor (11 February 1915 – 10 June 2011) was an English writer, scholar, soldier and polyglot.

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Paul Troger

Paul Troger (30 October 1698 – 20 July 1762) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker of the late Baroque period.

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Stiftsgymnasium Melk

Stiftsgymnasium Melk (Melk Abbey's gymnasium) is a Roman Catholic Benedictine-run gymnasium located in Melk, Austria. Melk Abbey and Stiftsgymnasium Melk are Melk.

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The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco.

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The Vagina Monologues

The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run in at Westside Theatre.

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Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator.

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Wachau

The Wachau is an Austrian valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melk_Abbey

Also known as Abbey and Congregation of Melk, Abbey of Melk, Melk Reform, Melk, Abbey and Congregation of, Stift Melk.

Melk Abbey, the Glossary

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See also

1089 establishments in Europe

11th-century establishments in Austria

Baroque architecture in Austria

Benedictine monasteries in Austria

Churches completed in 1736

Establishments in the Margraviate of Austria

Melk

Monasteries in Lower Austria

Tourist attractions in Lower Austria

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