!!!Greifenstein

Greifenstein, Lower Austria, village in the district of Tulln, alt. 
183 m, popular destination for day trips along the River Danube 
at its entry into the "Wiener Pforte"; cadastral district of the 
market town of St. Andrae-Woerdern. - Greifenstein run-of-river power 
station (built in 1984, 293 MW), Konrad-Lorenz-Institute for 
Cognition and Evolution Research, hostel for young workers; hotel and 
restaurant industry. - Property of the diocese of Passau until 1803; 
castle ruin (first documented in 1135), enlarged in the 15%%sup th/%  
century, fell into decay after 1779, reconstructed in 1818 under the 
influence of Romanticism.


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