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The winery in the Kremstal wine-growing region of Lower Austria has its origins in 1083, when Bishop Altmann of Passau (1015-1091) founded a monastery on the summit of the Göttweiger Berg at 449 m above sea level on the south bank of the Danube opposite the town of Krems, which he gave to the monks of the Benedictine order. Since then, forestry and viticulture have formed the economic basis, and it was here that viticultural development for the region was decisively shaped. In the 14th century, there was a distinct wine culture. The court master controlled the carefully defined working methods in viticulture. Precise completion dates were set for the individual tasks, the number of vines, fertilisation, the time of pruning and weeding. In the 16th century the wines of the monastery were known far beyond the borders of Austria in many countries. The main customers were Bavarian monasteries. The island of Wörth near Mautern served as a transhipment point, from where the wine was shipped in wooden barrels by wooden barges on the Danube. These were pulled upstream by horses and downstream by the current.

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