Lamba Abbey - Benedictine monastery in Lambi in northwestern Austria. The monastery was founded in 1040 by Count Arnold II. His son, the Bishop of Wurzburg Adalbero, who was later canonized, reduced the monastery to a Benedictine abbey in 1056. In 1233 the Bavarian Prince Otto II rushed into the possession of the monastery Lamba, leaving the monastery and the church were partially destroyed.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the monastery was rebuilt in Baroque style, work was carried out family Carlone. Miraculously, the abbey was able to avoid closure in the 1780's, when Emperor Joseph II dissolved the abbey.

In the years 1897-1898 the young Adolf Hitler lived in the town Lambi with his parents. He painted pictures, wonderful singing, so it took in the choir of the monastery Lamba. Several hundred years of the coat of arms of the monastery was a swastika. It appeared thanks to the former abbot of Hangu in 1860, was carved on a stone slab. Great admiration aroused by Adolf brilliance and richness of the church, reverence which he retained until his death. Throughout his life, Hitler successfully hid from the payment of any taxes, except for the church, which he paid for even in 1945.

During the Second World War, in 1941 the monastery was seized by the National Socialists. On the territory of the abbey housed Nazi school. The monks were expelled and are called to public service. The monks returned to the abbey just after the Second World War.

Today, the abbey to the attractions include the old Romanesque frescoes, a beautiful baroque facades, a concert hall, which in the past was the refectory. Of great interest are the religious artifacts, a rich collection of graphics Koloman Fellner, a library with a valuable archive of 50,000 volumes.