Welcome to Niederaltaich Abbey, a living Benedictine community nestled on the banks of the Danube in Bavaria. Founded in 741, we warmly invite you to share in our tradition of prayer, work and fellowship.
Abbatia 731 fundata ab Utilone Bavariae Duce, 1803 suppressa, 1918 auxiliante R.D. Francisco Xaverio Knabenbauer ab Abbatia de Metten restaurata est. quacumque unitus est. Prioratus Ss. Cordis Jesu Volders-Innsbruck, 1927 auctoritate apostolica in monasterium Niederaltaich translatus. 1958 erecta est decania monachorum ritus Byzantini, cuius ecclesiae patronus et Abbatiae totius patronus secundus est S. Nicolaus episcopus.