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Wise Men, combining elements The museum in the former
of late-Romanesque style with imperial residence holds
early Gothic, and featuring a a valuable collection
beautifully deco rated portal of paintings and Gothic and
and well-preserved murals. Baroque sculp tures.
The remains of the old city Near Klosterneuburg, a small
walls are also still preserved. museum in Kierling is devoted
to the writer Franz Kafka, based
E Egon-Schiele-Museum in the former Hoffmann
Donaulände 28. Tel (02272) 645 70. Sanatorium where he died.
Open Apr–Oct: 10am–5pm
Tue–Sun & hols. 8 on request. R Stift Klosterneuburg
∑ egon-schiele.eu Tel (02243) 411-212. Open May–mid-
E Zuckermuseum Nov: 9am–6pm daily; mid-Nov–Apr:
Minoritenplatz 1. Tel (02272) 602 11 10am–5pm. Closed 25, 26, 31 Dec. &
237. Open 8am–3:30pm Mon, Tue & 879 ∑stift-klosterneuburg.at
Thirteenth-century funerary chapel of the Wed, 8am–7pm Thu, 8am–noon Fri. 8 R Essl Collection of
Three Wise Men in Tulln Contemporary Art
An der Donau-Au 1. Tel (02243) 370
2 Tulln 3 Klosterneuburg 50 150. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun,
10am–9pm Wed. 8 7
Road map F3. * 16,000. < £ @ Road map G3. * 26,000. < @
n Minoritenplatz 2, (02272) 69 00. g n Niedermarkt 4 (02243) 320 38 ∑ essl.museum
∑ tulln.at 600. ∑ klosterneuburg.at.
Tulln, on the right bank of the This small town, just outside 4 Korneuburg
Danube river, was the site of Vienna, was once the main Road map G3. * 12,000.
the Roman camp of Comagena seat of the Babenberg rulers. ∑ korneuburg.gv.at
and is one of the oldest towns In the early 12th century,
in Austria. Two structures remain Margrave Leopold III built his Korneuburg once formed
from that period: the 3rd- castle here, and later the a single town with
century Roman Tower, probably colle giate church, the Klosterneuburg. In 1298
the oldest struc ture in Austria, magnificent Stift it became indepen-
and a milestone. Klosterneuburg, dent, and grew
Tulln is famous as the supposedly in into an important
birthplace of Egon Schiele, one atone ment for trading and adminis-
of the foremost painters of the an act of treason trative centre.
early 20th century, best known he committed Hauptplatz,
for his provocative nudes. The against Heinrich V. the main square, is
Egon-Schiele-Museum, housed The Romanesque A wine barrel in surrounded by houses
in an old prison on the banks of church of the Klosterneuburg with late-Gothic,
the Danube, shows 90 origi nal Augustinian Abbey Renaissance and
works by the artists and the was altered many times Baroque façades. Other
permanent exhibition Egon until the 17th and 18th interesting sights include the
Schiele and his Times. centuries, when it acquired late-Gothic St-Ägidius-Kirche
The former monastery, its present Baroque interior, (church of St Giles) and the
Minoritenkloster, houses Tulln’s designed by Joseph Fischer Rococo Augustinerkirche
town hall, as well as the von Erlach and Donato Felice (church of St Augustine), whose
Zuckermuseum, on the top d’Allio, among others.
floor, which is devoted to the Original features include
history of sugar. the early-Gothic cloister
The Romanesque Pfarrkirche and burial chapel of
St Stephan, the parish church Leopold III; the latter
of St Stephen, was built in the contains the town’s
12th century, but subsequently greatest treasure, an altar-
altered, first in Gothic, then in piece by Nicolas of Verdun,
Baroque style. It has an interest- a gold smith and master of
ing Romanesque portal with 12 enamel from Lorraine. The
reliefs, probably representing altar, completed in 1181
the apostles. Next to the after 10 years’ work, has
church is the 13th-century 51 enamelled panels
mortuary, one of the more arranged in three horizonal
interesting historic sites in layers, depicting Bible
town. It holds the impressive scenes. The chapel has fine
ceme tery chapel of the Three stained-glass windows. The main altarpiece in Korneuburg
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