Mondsee - Former Abbey Church of St Michael

In 1748 a Bavarian duke founded a Benedictine monastery at Mondsee, which was dissolved in 1791. The former abbey church of St Michael (1470-87; crypt dates from the 11th C.; now the parish church) in the center of the town is worthy of note. This imposing building has a Baroque facade, two towers and fine 17th C. altars, largely the work of Meinrad Guggenbichler, the most impressive of all being the "Corpus Christi Altar", with cherubs holding grapes.