Innviertel - Michaelbeuern Abbey

In the southwest of the Innviertel, 5km/3mi southeast of Moosdorf, the massive Benedictine Michaelbeuern Abbey dominates the village of the same name. The abbey has a history going back more than a thousand years; the church, originally a Romanesque basilica, has a famous high altar (17th C.), with sculptures by Meinrad Guggenbichler of Mondsee. The abbey library owns the "Walther Bible", a valuable Romanesque edition.