Heiligenkreuz Abbey

Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Aerial view of Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Abbey
Leadership	Maximilian Heim
Year consecrated	Abbey Church (1187) Monastery complex (1240)
Status	Active
Relics	True Cross, Crown of thorns, Otto of Freising
Location
Location	Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria
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Geographic coordinates	48°03′18″N 16°07′52″E / 48.05510°N 16.13122°E / 48.05510; 16.13122
Architecture
Architect(s)	Giovanni Giuliani
Type	Abbey
Style	Cistercian, Gothic, Romanesque
Founder	Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
Groundbreaking	11 September 1133
Website
www.stift-heiligenkreuz.org

Heiligenkreuz Abbey (German: Stift Heiligenkreuz; English: Abbey of the Holy Cross) is a Cistercian monastery in the village of Heiligenkreuz in the southern part of the Vienna woods, c. 13 km north-west of Baden in Lower Austria. It is the oldest continuously occupied Cistercian monastery in the world.