very special fishponds

architects

Carlo Antonio Carlone, 3 ponds, 1690

Jacob Prandtauer, 2 ponds 1720

if we wanted to see the fishponds while waiting for the guided tour we were asked

fishponds??? I thought

at that moment a little door was opened and we stepped into another world...

... into a world of the baroque era when heads of monasteries had nearly the power of absolute monarchs.

the most famous architects & artists of the time not only were responsible for church, monastery, observatory & library,

they also built the fishponds at Kremsmuenster