Aigen im Mühlkreis#
Aigen im Muehlkreis, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Rohrbach im Muehlkreis, alt. 600 m, pop. 1,802, area 17.46 km2, on the River Grosse Muehl, near Schlaegl monastery. - District court, customs office, granite works, timber processing, civil engineering, soap, candle and label production, electrotechnical ind., automated weaving mill, tourism, (60,141 overnight stays). - first documented 1314, filial church of St. Martin (1644), Mariensaeule (column dedicated to the Virgin Mary, 1722), fountain (17th century) from Schlaegl monastery, statue by J. Spaz.
Further reading#
I. Pichler (ed.), Aigen-Schlaegl, 1979.