Benedictine monastery Mondsee - Abbey in Upper Austria near Salzburg federal land. The history of the village of Mondsee originates from the year 748, when at the lake Mondsee was founded Benedictine monastery, the first monastery in Upper Austria.

Mondzeeland Province, which is a monastery, was formerly part of Bavaria. In the year 748 Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, founded the abbey. In accordance with the monastic tradition, the first monks came from the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy.

In 788, after the fall of the Duke Tassilo III, the monastery Mondsee became an imperial abbey. During this period, there was created the first handwritten Psalter, and in 800 the Abbey was completed on old German Bible.

In 831, King Louis the Pious gave the Monastery of the diocese of Regensburg. Abbey regained its independence in 1142 under Abbot Conrad II, who became the abbot of Mondsee in 1127, and has been extremely successful in the protection and restoration of the rights and possessions of the monastery. Such aspirations and views of Conrad displeases group of nobles. 3 years after independence the monastery in 1145. Conrad II was killed. He is revered as a martyr. His successor - Blessed Walter (died May 17, 1158) - is also remembered for his exemplary pursuit of virtue. He was buried in the chapel of St. Peter's Abbey Church.

In 1506, the land passed Mondzeeland Austria. In 1514 the abbot Wolfgang Haberl founded a school of grammar at the Abbey. After a period of decline during the Reformation, the monastery entered a new period of prosperity. In 1773 the abbot was Oportunus Dunkl II, who was the last abbot of Mondsee: in 1791, the monastery was dissolved by Emperor Leopold II.

Today, from the monastery remained its main attraction - the church of St. Michael, converted from an old Romanesque church in the 15th century in the Gothic style, and a few buildings, which is located museum.