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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (8) The interior of the gothic Stiftskirche is one of the most beautiful baroque churches of Austria, so take a look inside for the many great details and the lovely frescos covering all of the ceiling. There are 8 side-chapes and a lovely organ, all of its decorations follows a certain schema: black,white and gold.
You may enter the Stiftskirche freely and without restrictions during the daytime, it will be locked around 06.00p.m. Leave a Comment Directions: Stiftskirche is the larger of the 2 churches in Waldhausen, you cannot miss it, it is built on top of a hill
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When you are in Waldhausen, dont miss to visit Grein an der Donau as well, it is in a distance of just 3 km and has a lot of interesting sights :
Schloss Geinburg is an interesting palace with a permanent exhibition about fishing and shipping along the Danube.
Some of the rooms in the basement of Geinburg are beautifully decorated by see-shells
Grein has also a lot of lovely baroque buildings and the oldest theatre in Austria. Inside of that same building there was also the prison of Grein and the prisoners had their own window to watch the performances - what a great way to spend your time in prison ;-)) Leave a Comment Address: Grein an der DonauDirections: Grein an der Donau is just 3 km from Waldhausen, you pass through it, when driving from Ybbs towards Linz at the left bank of the Danube.
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Next to the Stiftskirche in Waldhausen you may see some remains of the old, giant monastery of the Augustinians ( Augustiner Chorherrn ). The upper buildings were destroyed but the basements were excarvated again some years ago and protected by a modern glass-roof. Unfortunately this interesting place was locked already, when I had been there last time ! Leave a Comment Directions: These excarvations are in a distance of just 50 meters to the Stiftskirche of Waldhausen.
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Waldhausen has 2 churches and the larger one is this one : The Stiftskirche of the Augustinian monastery ( Augustiner-Chorherren-Stift ) dates back to the year 1147 when a large piece of land was given to build the monastery by Graf Otto von Machland. The first church was built in romanic-gothic style and totally rebuilt in 1650 in baroque style, the way you still see it today. In 1792 the monastery was closed and finally taken down in 1810.
Could you imagine that it was planned also to destroy that lovely church ? Some local farmers were fighting against that decision, and so we are still able to see one of the most beautiful churches of that area. Leave a Comment Address: Waldhausen / StiftskircheDirections: The Stiftskirche of the Augustinian monastery was built on top of a hill north of the village of Waldhausen. You may see it already from a long distanceWebsite: www.waldhausen.at
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The large Stiftskirche / monastery church of Waldhausen might be much larger and have more ornate decorations, the Pfarrkirche / parish-church of Waldhausen is for sure interesting as well ! This church dates back to the 13th century and was rebuilt in 1610, with one of the last gothic middle-naves of Austria.
Dont miss that lovely fountain for baptism and the great main altar, the pulpit is nice as well.
You may enter the Pfarrkirche of Waldhausen freely and without restrictions during the day. They are closing the gates at 06.00p.m., I was lucky to get there just in time and the lady with the keys was nice enough to wait a few minutes for me to leave again, before she could lock the gates. Leave a Comment Directions: This church is in the centre of the village Waldhausen !
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There are some great remains of the old monastery as well to be seen today. This is the entrance-gate of the monastery with a convention hall and a place to show various exhibitions. You may enter the innercourt and the outside-area around the Stiftskirche and the convention-hall freely and without any restrictions during the day and you will be surprised to see this giant rose-sculpture, that you may see on my main picture, it is a lovely work of art. Leave a Comment Directions: This entrance-gate to the monastery is close to the Stiftskirche, on top of the hill.Website: www.waldhausen.at
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There is a great modern sculpture in front of the Stiftskirche in Waldhausen :
Europäische Friedensrose / European Rose of Freedom
This sculpture is about 2 meters high and was created by Pius Frank in 2002. The large rose is symbolizing Jesus and the 3 rose-buds are symbols for all those people, working for peace.
There are plans for the future, to grant these 3 rose-buds each year to people, who were working well for peace.
Webcams of Waldhausen Leave a Comment Directions: You will find this great sculpture between the Stiftskirche and the entrance-gate to the monastery.
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Take a walk around the large gardens of the former monastery-gardens, in the back there is a small labyrinth made by a mosaique and there is also a great park with a wonderful panorama-view Leave a Comment
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on April 20, 2007
