The Benedictine monastery of Mondsee Abbey in Upper Austria near the Federal state of Salzburg. The history of the village Mondsee originates from 748 year, when on the shore of lake Mondsee was founded a Benedictine monastery, the first monastery in Upper Austria.

Region Mondseeland in which the monastery is located, was formerly part of Bavaria. In 748 year Odilo, Duke of Bavaria founded the Abbey. In keeping with monastic tradition, the first monks came from the monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy.

In 788, after the fall of the Duke of Tassilo III, the monastery of Mondsee became an Imperial Abbey. During this period there was established the first manuscript of the Psalter, and in the year 800 at the Abbey was the translation of the Bible into German.

In 831 year king Louis the Pious gave the monastery in the diocese of Regensburg. The Abbey regained its independence in 1142 under Abbot Conrad II, who became the Abbot of Mondsee in 1127, and was extremely successful in protecting and restoring the rights and possessions of the monastery. Such aspirations and Conrad's point of view was criticized by a group of nobles. 3 years later after the independence of the monastery, in the year 1145 Conrad II was killed. He is revered as a Martyr. His successor was Blessed Walter (died may 17, 1158) is also remembered for his exemplary commitment to virtue. He was buried in the chapel of St. Peter in the Church of the Abbey.

In 1506 the earth Mondseeland transmitted Austria. In 1514, the Abbot Wolfgang Haberl established a grammar school at the Abbey. After a period of decline during the reformation, the monastery entered a new period of prosperity. In 1773, was rector of Portunus II Dancla, who was the last Abbot of Mondsee: in 1791, the monastery was dissolved by the Emperor Leopold II.

Today the monastery remains its main attraction is the Church of St. Michael, rebuilt from an ancient Romanesque Church in the 15th century in the Gothic style, and several buildings that house the Museum.