Zwettl
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. In fall 2024, this presentation will be freely accessible to all interested parties. The exhibition is accompanied by materials for different age groups, which can be used to playfully explore the elements of a monastery landscape. Curious?
Bridge builders! – The Zwettl monastery landscape and its bridges
Zwettl Monastery Zwettl Abbey 1, ZwettlOn the occasion of the "European Heritage Days", Dr. Andreas Gamerith, Zwettl Abbey Archive, and Elisabeth Moll, MBA, Zwettl Town Archive, shed light on Zwettl's historical bridges: from the Romanesque Bridge, probably the oldest technical structure in Austria, to the bridges of the early 20th century, which used state-of-the-art innovations. The current structural measures on Zwettl bridges - implemented as part of the Interreg project "Cisterscapes VB - Zw - ZnS" funded by the European Union - are also presented.
