!!!Göstling an der Ybbs

Goestling an der Ybbs, Lower Austria, market town in the district of 
Scheibbs, alt. 532 m, pop. 2,187, area 143.55 km%%sup 2/%, 
tourism especially during the winter months, Hochkar ski resort (105 
796 overnight stays). Situated at the foot of the Koenigsberg mountain 
(highest peak: Schwarzkogel, 1,452 m) and the foothills of the 
Goestling Alps near the Styrian border. - Toll road from Lassing to 
the Hochkar mountain, high altitude training centre and student hostel 
(skiing centre); small-scale commercial businesses. - Parish church 
from the late Baroque period with Gothic elements, charnel house, 
presbytery office with 16%%sup th/%  century sgraffito ornamentation; 
Way of the cross (1735). Mendlintal adventure park with the last log 
driving facility in Central Europe. Hochkar cave in the immediate 
environs


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