A historical center with beautifully restored houses from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods is awaiting you. This Danube Town has been in existance for over a millennium and this long history is omnipresent. The lively and modern cafes, restaurants, shops and boutiques create an interesting counterpoint to this history. Krems is a vibrant town. By the way Krems is the first town in Austria to be declared a "Cittá del Vino" and accepted into the famous guild of Europe?s most famous wine towns.
Benedictine Abbey Goettweig (founded in 1083) is also called the "Montecassino of Austria"!
The baroque monastery faicility was rebuilt by the imperial court architect Johann Lukas of Hildebrandt after a fire had nearly completely destroyed the monastery in 1718.The show-rooms in the museum,the monumental emperor stairs crowned by the impressive ceiling fresco created in 1739 by Paul Troeger (1698-1762).
