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Admont Abbey Library

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Admont Abbey Library
Map
47°34′33″N 14°27′45″E / 47.5759°N 14.4624°E / 47.5759; 14.4624
LocationAdmont, Austria
TypeBaroque-style library[1]
Established1776
ArchitectJosef Hueber
Other information
Websitewww.stiftadmont.at

The Admont Abbey Library (Deutsch: Stiftsbibliothek Admont)[2] is a monastic library[3] located in Admont, a small town next to the Enns River in Styria, Austria, and is attached to the Admont Abbey.[4]

Admont Abbey Library is the largest monastic library in the world,[5] and is noted for its Baroque art, architecture and manuscripts.[6]

History

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Admont Abbey Library, modelled on the Imperial Court Library in Vienna, was designed by Josef Hueber, for the abbey which was founded by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg.[7] Construction of the library began in 1774[8] and was completed in 1776.[9] The library holds in the region of 200,000 books.[10]

The abbey made a deliberate decision to focus on the library as an online attention-grabber in 2018, launching a publicity strategy on multiple platforms. Its followers on Facebook increased from 4,500 in 2018 to 160,000 in 2022; in the same period, ticket sales for entry rose from ten thousand to sixty thousand.[11]

References

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  1. ↑ "15 Stunning European Libraries Book Lovers Must Visit ASAP". BuzzFeed. Sep 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ Cameron Laux (4 July 2018). "Libraries: Where the world's memory is stored". BBC.com.
  3. ↑ Christa Pongratz-Lippitt (8 April 2020). "World's largest monastic library goes online". The Tablet. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Sarah Bakewell (October 12, 2013). "The Library: A World History, by James Campbell". Financial Times.
  5. ↑ "Take a virtual tour around these spectacular libraries from the comfort of your living room". Outlook. July 31, 2020.
  6. ↑ Jamie Jones (7 Apr 2015). "25 Incredible European Libraries To Visit". BuzzFeed.
  7. ↑ "These are the most beautiful libraries in the world". BBC.com. 3 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "The 25 most beautiful libraries in the world (group pictures)". Xinhua News Agency. 20 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "The world's 15 most spectacular libraries". Vogue Paris. June 22, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Admont Benedictine Abbey Library | Historic Hotels of Europe". Historic Hotels. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "En Autriche, une bibliothèque monastique star d'internet" [In Austria, a monastic library is an Internet star] (in French). RTBF. Agence France-Presse. 27 December 2022.
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