Libraries in Austria

The Austrian National Library grew from the Habsburg court library, whose earliest recorded acquisition, an illuminated gospel boo...

Home to the largest monastic library hall in the world, the Benedictine abbey of Admont was founded in 1074. The 1776 chamber by J...

The Benedictine abbey of Melk, perched above the Danube since 1089, was rebuilt in baroque style from 1702. Its library of about 1...

Founded in 777 by Duke Tassilo of Bavaria, the Benedictine abbey of Kremsmunster preserves about 180,000 volumes in baroque halls....