Austria, "Austria and its People Series" series, Seckau Abby, non circulating commemorative issue, Vienna mint, engravers: Thomas Pesendorfer and Herbert Wähner (reverse), 2008 AD.,
10 Euro (32 mm / 17,24 g), 0.925 silver, mintage 130.000 (plus 40.000 BU plus 60.000 proof), medal alignment ↑↑ (0°) , plain edge,
Obv.: {TP} -monogram at the lower left edge, view from the main entrance of the Seckau Abby church to the high altar, depicting the mediaeval crucifixion group hanging on four massive chains.
Rev.: BENEDIKTINERABTEI SECKAU // 10 / H.WÄHNER - EURO / 2008 / REPUBLIK / ÖSTERREICH , wide view of Seckau Abbey looking west from the slopes of the Leopoldsberg: a Romanesque basilica located in the center with two towers surrounded by Baroque monastic buildings.
KM 3162 .
Seckau Abbey or Abbey of Our Dear Lady, Seckau (German: Abtei Seckau or Abtei Unserer Lieben Frau) is a Benedictine monastery in Seckau in Styria, Austria.
The monastery was founded by the Augustinian Canons, when an already existing community in Sankt Marein bei Knittelfeld was moved to Seckau in 1142. This establishment was dissolved in 1782. In 1883 the monastery was resettled by Benedictines from Beuron Archabbey, who had had to leave Germany. In 1940 the monks were evicted by the Nazi-Gestapo and the buildings were confiscated. In 1945 the monks were able to return.
The abbey maintains a secondary school ("Gymnasium") and carries out the duties of the pastoral care belonging to a parish.
It is part of the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation. The abbey church, a Romanesque basilica, was built between 1143 and 1164. For centuries it was the place of burial of the Inner Austrian line of the Habsburgs. In 1930 it was declared a minor basilica.
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