Economy ǀ Internal Departments
With about 340 employees (in abbey, restaurant and school), Melk abbey is an important enterprise in the province of Lower Austria. Its investments, jobs, and the expenses of its visitors increase the purchasing power of the region significantly. The constant investments for preservation, restauration, expansion of tourism, as well as the maintenance of the school contribute considerably to the development of the region and of the province of Lower Austria.
Today the abbey’s most important business operations include tourism, agriculture, forestry, real estate, leases, and the school.
Enterprises of Melk Abbey
Tourism is Melk abbey’s biggest enterprise. Before the COVID-pandemic the monastery had about 550.000 visitors per year.
The Stift Melk Card (a ticket for the complete main season), the Garden Summer Nights, as well as summer concerts and remarkable special exhibitions – Melk abbey’s culture and tourism department continually develops new, attractive ideas to appeal to visitors from all over the world as well as from the area and to commend itself as a delightful destination.
The head of the culture and tourism department is P. Mag. Ludwig Wenzl OSB who can be contacted by e-mail: ludwig.tourismus(at)stiftmelk.at
Melk abbey has two farms, in Melk and in Wullersdorf, which correspond to all modern standards. However, ranching was abandoned in 1978. Currently the abbey owns about 1.100 hectares of agricultural area.
Furthermore, about 3.300 hectares of forest belonging to the abbey are administrated by four forest management units, in Melk, Baden, Traisental, and Gaming. Hunting and fishing tenancies are managed by the abbey’s tenancy office in Melk.
If you have questions concerning hunting, please contact:
Melk Abbey Operational Management
Wirtschaftsdirektion Stift Melk
Director Karl Edelhauser
Office manager Birgit Kühnl
+43 2752 555 222
wirtschaftsdirektion(at)stiftmelk.at
Stift Melk, Forestry Office
Abt-Berthold-Dietmayr-Straße 1
A-3390 Melk
Tel: +43(0)2752-555-214
Fax: +43(0)2752-555-52
forstamt(at)stiftmelk.at
Forsthaus Rosenfeld
Melk abbey’s forester’s lodge
Rosenfeld 7
A- 3390 Melk
Tel: +43(0)2752-52854-0
Ofö. Ing. Peter Gwiss
Mobil: +43(0)676-401 97 14
Friedrich Wolf
Mobil: +43(0)676-579 80 03
Real estate management for the tenements in Vienna:
Dr. Franz Nistelberger, Immobilienverwaltung e.U.
Seitenstettengasse 5/2-3
1010 Wien
Tel: +431 523 91 50
immobilien@nistelberger.at
Lease:
For all matters concerning the lease of agricultural and silvicultural areas as well as vineyards, please contact:
Birgit Kühnl / Wirtschaftsdirektion Stift Melk
+43 2752 555 222
wirtschaftsdirektion@stiftmelk.at
For all matters concerning purchase of land or hunting, please contact:
Director Karl Edelhauser
+43 2752 555 222
wirtschaftsdirektion@stiftmelk.at
Internal Departments
Office hours:
Monday – Thursday 7.00 am – 12.00 pm / 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Friday 7.00 am – 1.00 pm
Director Karl Edelhauser
wirtschaftsdirektion(at)stiftmelk.at
Office manager: Birgit Kühnl
Stift Melk, Wirtschafts- und Zentraldirektion
Abt-Berthold-Dietmayr-Straße 1
A-3390 Melk
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-222
Fax: +43-(0)2752-555-52
zentraldirektion(at)stiftmelk.at
Payroll accounting
Mira Hochstöger
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-216
mira.hochstoeger(at)stiftmelk.at
Accounting
Leopold Messner
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-219
buchhaltung(at)stiftmelk.at
Andrea Hofmarcher
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-218
andrea.hofmarcher(at)stiftmelk.at
Construction department
Gottfried Fuchs
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-217
gottfried.fuchs(at)stiftmelk.at
Safety officer
Gerhard Scheiber
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-212
gerhard.scheiber(at)stiftmelk.at
Gottfried Fuchs
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-217
gottfried.fuchs(at)stiftmelk.at
Gerhard Fuchs
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-229
gerhard.fuchs(at)stiftmelk.at
Gerd Litzlachner, Roland Reisinger
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-263
technik(at)stiftmelk.at
Monday – Thursday 7.00 am – 4.00 pm
Friday 7.00 am – 1.00 pm
Bettina Scheiber
Tel: +43-(0)2752 555 282
bettina.scheiber(at)stiftmelk.at
Stift Melk, Portal
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-230
pforte(at)stiftmelk.at
Stefan Ofenauer
Tel: +43-(0)2752-555-281
shop@stiftmelk.at
Brigitte Kobler-Pimiskern
Please contact us via email. marketing(at)stiftmelk.at
Requests for film or photo shootings
Please download the form and send it - completely filled out - to fotos(at)stiftmelk.at. We will contact you as soon as possible.
Thank you in advance!
Request form for film or photo shootings