Stift Kremsmünster

Kremsmünster was founded in 777 by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria. According to a legend Tassilo’s son, Gunther, was killed by a boar during a hunting expedition. The deed of foundation is more than a legend. Tassilo transferred an area to the abbey to cultivate and Christianize it. That’s why monks have lived, prayed and worked at this place for 1200 years. Considerable art treasures connect us with the time of the foundation of the abbey: Tassilo chalice, “Codex Millenarius”, a gospel book, and the Tassilo candlesticks. The monastery complex, constructed on medieval buildings, was converted to Baroque by Carlo Antonio Carlone and Jakob Prandtauer in the 17th century after the difficult time of the reformation. This is when the abbey got it’s today’s form. An impressive complex welcomes the visitors. Other Baroque buildings and sights are the fish ponds, the library, the imperial hall and the observatory. The spacious complex with grammar school, feudal estates parks and yards.