Neuberg Abbey

The abbey was founded in 1327 as a filial monastery of Stift Heiligenkreuz by the Habsburg Duke Otto the Merry, who died here in 1339.

Construction proceeded rapidly, but due to a mid-14th century plague epidemic, the abbey church would not be finished until the reign of Frederick III.

The cloisters and the chapter house contain precious reliefs, which are among the most important specimens of 14th-century sculpture in Austria.

Construction on the monumental sandstone High Gothic hall church began about 1330 and was not completed until the reign of Frederick III, in 1496.

The roof-timbers from the first half of the 15th century contain more than 1100 m³ of larch wood and constitute the largest and most important construction of this sort in the German-speaking world.