The Abbey of St. Lambrecht Benedictine monastery in Styria. The monastery is situated at altitude 1072 m above sea level. Every year the monastery of St. The Lambrecht is visited by many tourists.

The monastery was founded in 1076 by count Marquardo from Eppenstein. Soon after the founding of the monastery has a collection of manuscripts. It consisted of theological and liturgical books, as well as the works of some ancient writers. The development of the library was due to the Abbot John Friedberg (1341-1359), who was trained in Bologna, and the increase in the stock of the library has been including his own compositions.

In 1262 in the Church there was a fire, which caused partial destruction. Restoration work was carried out until 1327, new walls were built, based on a preserved old. Consecration of the new building of the temple occurred in 1421, when the Abbe Henri Moner (1419-1455).

4 January 1786 due to the ecclesiastical reforms of the Emperor Joseph, the entire library was moved to the University of Graz. However, already during the rule of Emperor Franz II in 1802, the entire collection returned to the monastery of St. Lambrecht, and historically valuable manuscripts remained in Graz.

In may 1938 the monastery was confiscated by the Nazis under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel of the SS, Hubert Earhart. More than 2,100 books were re-exported in Graz, and the rest of the library survived the war in a monastery. After the return of all monastic property in 1946 the total number of books was about 30 thousand.

In 1946 at the Abbey the monks returned. At present the monastery has about 4000 ha of agricultural land and forest land.

In the monastery there is a Museum with a collection of antique furniture, sculptures and stained glass of the 15th-16th centuries. Near the monastery there is an ancient cemetery with a Romanesque chapel of the 12th century.