Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz OCist

Heiligenkreuz Abbey is a Cistercian abbey in Heiligenkreuz in the Vienna Woods (Lower Austria). It has existed continuously since its founding in 1133 and is thus—after Rein Abbey—the world’s second-oldest Cistercian monastery to have existed continuously since its founding.

Maximilian II Heinrich Heim, O.Cist., has been abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Heiligenkreuz since 2011 and abbot-president (first president) of the Austrian Cistercian Congregation since 2016.