Welcome to Melk and Melk Abbey
We docked on our river cruise in the afternoon in the town of Melk and then took a bus about 10 minutes up the hill to Melk Abbey. The grounds themselves were worth the tour, but the inside was impressive as well. Unfortunately we couldn’t take pictures or video inside the Abbey. We really enjoyed the tour.
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- Population of 5,257
- Best known for baroque Benedictine Monastery known as Melk Abbey
- Abbey was founded in 1089
- Current Abbey was built from 1702 to 1736
- It is an operation school with 900 students of both sexes.
- The Abbey has a 10 Euro collectors coin created in 2007
Melk Abbey