🇦🇹📚 Is Admont Abbey Library in Austria The most BEAUTIFUL library in the WORLD?!

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

😍How beautiful is the Admont Abbey Library?? Does anyone else love getting caught up in a good book? Should we make a point to go see some of the other gorgeous libraries in Germany and Europe? ⬇⬇⬇

[@aka99]

Of a range from 1 to 10, i rate a 20! YES; i def LOVE getting caught up in a good book! Yes! You should make a point to go see some of the other gorgeous libraries in Germany and Europe! What do you think of the national libary of Austria in Vienna? If you are ever in Vienna, check out the Kunsthistorische Museum, the Naturhistorische Museum, the Staatssoper, the Heersgeschichtliche Museum, altough you dont interest in military stuff. The building inside alone is breathtkaing! And for sure visit Schloss Schönbrunn and its garden, close to Vienna. Almost everything costs money to get it. Sometimes even extramoney, but everything is worth to visit in Vienna! Dont miss anything of the toursitic spots in Vienna! But back to Germany, The Stadtschloss in Wiesbaden builded in the 19th century is awsome also, but i am not sure if you can visit it. Did you know, the city of Mannheim got one thing in common with New York? The way both cities were planed and builded, as quadrates. Palace Mannheim is the second largest palace in Europe after Versailles, France. Did you know about the Eschenheimer Turm in Frankfurt am Main? It is one of the oldest still mostly original intact building from the city. Miracoly it survived all wars and fires almost intact. Even the stairs are from 1428. The palace of Weilburg an der Lahn is okay, but not outstanding compared to great palaces in Europe. Your are not allowed to take pictures inside. Do you like ancient roman architecture? If yes, i recommend the Pompejanium in Aschaffenburg am Main. If you like klandscapes, chek put, Vulkaneifel, Taunus, Rhöhn and Lüneburger Heide.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Oh these are great suggestions! Thank you!

[@kayatwood5183]

What a gorgeous library. The museums also look incredible.

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

It is just unbelievable. I could have stayed in there all day. We just couldn’t believe what we were seeing was real. 😍

[@teotik8071]

This is really amazing. 🤩

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

It is an incredible place!! 🤩🤩. We loved it!

[@feschannette4227]

Hey you two. The Abbey was founded in 1074, several parts of it were destroyed in fires over the centuries, so they rebuilt parts over several decands and centuries. You should visit Würzburg Residenz and Ulm Münster, the highest church Tower of Germany

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Yes!! We couldn’t BELIEVE that when we looked it up! What an incredible story about the Admont! And we just looked up the Würzburg Residenz and definitely will try and do that! It isn’t too far and near quite a few other things we would like to see and do! Thank you for the suggestion! 💕

[@jens6767]

there is a difference between abbey and library: The abbey (Religious order) was founded in 1074 and they startet to build a church (only on german wikipedia: Stiftskirche Admont) (rebuild minimum 4 times) the library was planed and build from 1764-1776 (abbey website)

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

ahhhhhh ok. That makes sense. We definitely felt we may be missing some of the nuance of the information. Cross referencing with German wikipedia is something I think we will do going forward too! Thank you for the great info!

[@aka99]

A very ong comment now: Nice to see your are back! I like the color of your lipstick! I like you focus on amusement parks, aswell on nature and landscape and historical buildings and the history behind it. The gentle music is choosen well for this video! Did i understand it right? The libary took about 700 years to complete?? It is hard to believe that. English wikipedia says so, but german wikipedia says different. The Monastery was builded in 1074, but the libary was built about 700 years later. No info when the large room was builded, but in no way the libary started to be built in 1074. I guess, monastery libaries are usually not in the agenda of tourists, no touristic hot spots. I think you both love baroque style buildings, which was common in the 17th and 18th century. I am sure you love palaces in baroque style also. I am sure you love specific arcitecture of the 19th century, early 20th century, like the Kurhaus in Wiesbaden. Check out the Neroberg at Wiesabaden. I am sure you both will love Vienna. Lots to see, but expensive. Almost every museum wants entry fees. The building of the military museum in Vienna is also fantastic. I am sure Heather will love the Nature Historical Museum in Vienna. Dresden is also worth a visit. A general reminder, keep in mind, in some palaces and in some museum or in some parts of a museum you are not allowed to take pictures or movies! Better inform bevore visit. Dresden is also expensive. You were lucky the signs in Admont Libary and the Museum got english texts. It is not common in Museums in Germany and Austria. Another style you will love is the Renaissance style like the Antiquarium in Munich. The english garden in Munich is famous too. Italy got great cities and museums like Florence, aswell Belqium like Gent or Brugge, but most Americans visit United Kingdom, France and Italy. So i focus on Germany but Switzerland got great cities too. Check out Basel for example. The Aachen cathedral and the museum nearby is also worth a visit. Regensburg, the whole city is historical. So is Bamberg. Straßburg in France too. The bells of the cathedral are one of the most beautifull rings in the world in my opnion, when all bells are riging, which is seldom. Usually a church in baroque style is of roman-catholic origin. The Cathedral in Speyer for example is large, but of evangelic origin and therefore simple inside. Naked stones. A rather rare example of an evangelic church in baroque style is the Unionchurch in Idstein. If you read my comment up to here, i think you will like the cathedral of Limburg an der Lahn. It was completed in 1235 and was builded mostly in romanesque style. Compared to Cologne or mosty other cathedrals, the Limburg Cathedral is very small, but the Cathedral was never destroyed. Almost everything is orignal and dates back from medieval times, inlcuding the fresquos. Which is not common in Western Germany, duo World War 2. The old town of Limburg an der Lahn is small, really small, timberframe dominated, but all original. Depends on how fast you rush through the oldtown, it takes you 15 to 30 minutes. Close to the Catherdral is a small museum with religious artefacts. The musueum is called Staurothek because of the main object. A Staurothek from the town of Constantinople, today Istanbul. A more than 1000 years old object. How it got from Constainople to Germany is a tragic story, but finally in ended up in Limburg an der Lahn. Generally the Cathedral in Limburg, like any other church in Germany is closed to public during service time. SO check up before going there. The last christimas i went to the cathedral, the nativity scene got real small lemon trees and 3 or 4 live goldfishes. They change the nativity scene every year. Maybe you get the chance listen to live gregorian chants in some church in europe. It is amazing. If you are in Limburg, take a relaxing walk along the Lahn river down under the cathedral untill you see the church of Dietkirchen and then walk back. The church of Dietkirchen is even older than the Cathedral of Limburg, but simple inside. If you are in Limburg, check out the town of Runkel an der Lahn, because of the look to the bridge to the ruined castle. If you dont get fed up till here of my comment, a short info. The lobby of the Entire State Building in New York City was made up with different marble from around the wordl. One marble came from marble quarries in an area nearby Limburg an der Lahn. A cool small fact. Most do not know this or do not think about that when enter the lobby of the Empire State Building. The Metropolitan museum in New York got lots of ancient and medieval artefacts from around the world and it is just one museum with such kind of stuff in the USA. If you like plants, check out the Palmengarten in Frankfurt am Main. Of course it costs money to get in. If you like ancient stuff, check out the ancient Ishtagate of Babylon in Berlin. The palace Sanssouci nearby Berlin is baroque style and was not destroyed during ww2. If you want to see the few skycrappers of Frankfurt from adistance,i suggest to climb up the Hardtbergtrum in the town of Königstein im Taunus. In Kronberg im Taunus is a Hotel in english style. Schlosshotel Kronberg. It was builded at the end of the 19th century and the british Queen Victoria was often present there. It is still an active Hotel, but you can visit guides for free through some parts of the Hotel at certain times in german language.

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Thank you so much for the sweet comment and we are very happy to be back!! And yes, I think you may be right on the build time frame/years. It was a bit confusing to decipher how that all panned out, but what an incredible story! And thank you for all the wonderful suggestions! We keep a book with them so we are always more than happy to have the very detailed and thoughtful ideas! It’s very much appreciated! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 They all sound like great ideas so we will try and scope them out! 💕

[@martinfurtner2136]

It is truly nothing special in Austria to have buildings dating from 1074. I can show you some that date from 800.

[@andreaskelch8695]

neve ever heard bebefore

[@CompassChronicleTravels]

Yeah we found out about it when we moved here but it was really beautiful and full of history. Definitely recommend! 🤗