Start of the season
Zwettl Monastery Zwettl Abbey 1, ZwettlZwettl Abbey starts the new tourist season on Palm Sunday. From now on, guided tours of the monastery will once again take place daily. On tour three, which leads into the baroque library with its magnificent frescoes by Paul Troger, visitors can also see the special exhibition "Cisterscapes - we are European cultural heritage".
Exhibition “Cultural landscape as European heritage”
Old town hall Zwettl Sparkassenplatz 3, ZwettlWhat is a Cistercian monastery landscape? An exhibition in the old town hall of Zwettl explores this question. This presentation is freely accessible to all interested parties until fall 2025. The exhibition is accompanied by materials for different age groups, which can be used to playfully explore the elements of a monastery landscape. Curious?
Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland (BHU) – Invitation to the online event: Monastic landscapes
Invitation to the online event: Monastic landscapes InvitationIKEWorldDay2025 inv ites you to a digital event on Monday, October 20, 2025 at 18:00-19:00, focusing on the future of monastic places and their cultural significance in Europe. This event is the launch of the BHU's 2026 Heritage of the Year campaign: "Monastic Landscapes" and coincides with UNESCO's World Intangible Cultural Heritage Day and the Council of Europe's European Landscape Day. Two keynote speeches will provide insights into current developments: The Cisterscapes project presents the Europe-wide networking of 17 Cistercian monastic landscapes and shows how their spiritual and landscape heritage is made visible as a shared cultural asset. The project Monastery culture today - and tomorrow? sheds light on how monasteries can be rethought as places of intangible heritage and opened up to future social needs. Afterwards, we invite you to discuss the role of monastic culture in the 21st century - between tradition, transformation and new perspectives for use. Participation is free of charge. Registration at: veranstaltung@bhu.de Link: https://e-conference.digital-landscapes.eu/rooms/adm-2do-zbx-y7o/join
