Melk is a city of Austria, next to the
Wachau valley along the Danube.
Melk has a population of about 5,222. The town is first mentioned as
Medilica in 831 in a donation of Louis the German; the name is from a Slavic word for 'border.' The area around
Melk was given to
Margrave Leopold I in the year 976 to serve as a buffer between the Magyars (called "Turks" in that time's sources) to east and Bavaria to the west. In 996 mention was first made of an area known as
Ostarichi, which is the origin of the word
Oesterreich (German for Austria). The bluff which holds the current monastery held a
Babenberger castle until the site was given to Benedictine monks from nearby
Lambach by
Margrave Leopold II in 1089.
Melk received market rights in 1227 and became a municipality in 1898. In a very small area,
Melk presents a great deal of architectural variety from many centuries.
Melk is a city of Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. Melk has a population of about 5,222. The town is first mentioned as Medilica in 831 in a donation of Louis the German; the name is from a Slavic word for 'border.' The area around Melk was given to Margrave Leopold I in the year 976 to serve as a buffer between the Magyars (called "Turks" in that time's sources) to east and Bavaria to the west. In 996 mention was first made of an area known as Ostarichi, which is the origin of the word Oesterreich (German for Austria). The bluff which holds the current monastery held a Babenberger castle until the site was given to Benedictine monks from nearby Lambach by Margrave Leopold II in 1089. Melk received market rights in 1227 and became a municipality in 1898. In a very small area, Melk presents a great deal of architectural variety from many centuries.
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