Niederaltaich Abbey or Niederaltaich Monastery (Abtei or Kloster Niederaltaich) is a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 731 (or possibly 741), situated in the village of Niederalteich on the Danube in Bavaria.
Note: "Niederaltaich" is the conventional spelling of the monastery, "Niederalteich" of the village).
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“The Abbey always reminds me of that old toast, “Above lofty timbers, the walls around are bare, echoing to our laughter, as though the dead were there.””
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)