!!!Feistritz am Wechsel Feistritz am Wechsel, municipality in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria, alt. 487 m, pop. 1163, area 23.76 km%%sup 2/%, small summer tourist resort located in the west of the Bucklige Welt hill region. Late Gothic fortified church; Baroque column dedicated to the Virgin Mary; medieval castle (documents dating back to 1136), fortified settlement dating from the 17%%sup th/% century, including a tower for starving prisoners (Hungerturm) and castle chapel (stained-glass windows dating back to 1557), renovated in 1815 when Romantic-style castle grounds were added. !Literature K. Komarek, Geschichten und Berichte rund um die Pfarrkirche Feistritz am Wechsel, 1983. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Feistritz_am_Wechsel|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]