Melk Kloster

Source: Thomas Ledl - CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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Melk Kloster eller Stift Melk er et benediktinerkloster og et af verdens mest kendte klostersteder.

Umberto Eco navngav en af hovedpersonerne i sin kendte roman Rosens Navn som en hyldest til klosteret og dets berømte bibliotek "Adso von Melk".

Klosteret blev grundlagt i 1089, da Leopold II, Margrave af Østrig, gav et af sine slotte til benediktinermunke fra Lambach Kloster. En skole blev grundlagt i det 12. århundrede, og det monastiske bibliotek blev hurtigt kendt for sin omfattende manuskriptsamling. Klosteret var også et vigtigt sted for produktion af manuskripter. I det 15. århundrede blev klosteret centrum for Melk Reformbevægelsen, som genoplivede det monastiske liv i Østrig og Sydtyskland.


Klosteret formåede at overleve andre trusler mod sin eksistens under de Napoleonske Krige og også i perioden efter den nazistiske Anschluss (overtagelse) af Østrig i 1938, da skolen og en stor del af klosteret blev konfiskeret af staten.

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Address: Melk, Melk, Austria

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