Heiligenkreuz Cistercian Abbey

A Cistercian abbey founded in 1133 and inhabited without interruption by monks. The visit, with an audioguide on your phone in nine languages (also in Spanish, about 45 minutes), takes in the church, with a 12th-century Romanesque nave and 13th-century Gothic choir, the Rococo sacristy, the cloister, the chapter house where Frederick the Quarrelsome, last of the Babenbergs, is buried, and the Gothic fountain pavilion with 13th-century stained glass. It is open Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 11:30 and from 13:30 to 17:15; on Sundays and public holidays only in the afternoon. Vespers are sung in Latin daily at 18:00. It is in the Vienna Woods, about 15 km from Baden through the Helenental or next to the Heiligenkreuz exit of the A21; by public transport, a regional bus from Mödling or Baden.