Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Museum Krems
MUSEUM
(
www.museumkrems.at
; Körnermarkt 14; adult/child €5/3; 11am-6pm Wed-Sun Apr & May, daily Jun-Oct)
Housed in a former Dominican monastery, the town's museum has collections of reli-
gious and modern art (including works by Kremser Schmidt, who painted the frescoes in
Pfarrkirche St Veit), as well as winemaking artefacts and a section on the famous Krems
mustard.
Pfarrkirche St Veit
(Pfarrplatz 5; dawn-dusk)
Known as the 'Cathedral of the Wachau', the large baroque parish
church boasts colourful frescoes by Martin Johann Schmidt, an 18th-century local artist
who was also known as Kremser Schmidt and occupied a house from 1756 near the Lin-
zer Tor in Stein. The baroque building is the work of Cipriano Biasino who worked on
several churches in the Wachau, including the abbey church at Stift Göttweig.
CHURCH
Piaristenkirche
CHURCH
(Frauenbergplatz; dawn-dusk)
Reached by a covered stairway from the Pfarrkirche, Krems'
most impressive church has a wonderful webbed Gothic ceiling and huge, austerely plain
windows. It's most atmospheric after dark when you can best imagine the effect the
massive baroque altar would have had on 18th-century people.
Weingut der Stadt Krems
(
www.weingutstadtkrems.at
;
Stadtgraben 11; 9am-noon & 1-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon Sat)
This city-owned
vineyard yielding 200,000 bottles per year (90% is Grüner Veltliner and Riesling) offers a
variety of wine for sampling (and purchase).
WINERY
