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Kremsmünster is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Kirchdorf im Traunviertel. The competent judicial district is Kirchdorf an der Krems.

The name goes back to the Benedictine monastery Kremsmünster. It was founded in 777 and is the cultural center of the region. Its famous observatory is called the Mathematical Tower.

Culture and sights

    Kremsmünster Abbey: The Benedictine abbey was founded in 777 by the Bavarian Duke Tassilo III of the Agilolfing dynasty and has existed uninterruptedly for over 1200 years (apart from its abolition by the Nazi regime from 1940 to 1945). The monastery owns precious collections, such as the Picture Gallery, as well as the Chamber of Art and Curiosities with the famous Tassilo Chalice. The monastery runs the Kremsmünster Abbey High School, which has existed since 1549.
    Gunther tomb in the collegiate church: The Gunther tomb, a cenotaph made of white Nagelfluh, is crowned by a cover plate with the figure of the dead Gunther and is located in the bell house of the collegiate church. The cover plate dates from before 1304 and depicts Gunther, the legendary son of the Bavarian Duke Tassilo III, who, according to the founding legend of the Kremsmünster Abbey, was mortally wounded by a wild boar while hunting in the forests along the Krems River. At the feet of Gunther, who is resting on a cushion and clad in Romanesque tubular robes, rest the boar, with a lance in its body, and Gunther's hunting dog, which is said to have tracked him down. Particularly noteworthy is above all the strong color painting, which is well preserved.
    Kremsmünster Abbey Library: With a length of 65 meters and about 160,000 volumes, including numerous manuscripts and incunabula, the library is one of the largest libraries in Austria.
    Kremsmünster Observatory: built from 1749 to 1758; the observatory, also called the 'Mathematical Tower', is the first high-rise building in Europe. It houses the oldest fixed weather station in Europe. Among others, the astronomer Placidus Fixlmillner worked here.
    Fischkalter: five magnificent water basins with fish breeding - surrounded by porticoes, built by Carlo Antonio Carlone (1692) and Jakob Prandtauer (1717), form separate courtyards in the monastery.