!!!Ardagger Ardagger, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Amstetten, alt. 250 m, pop. 3,123, area 47.28 km%%sup 2/%, comprises the towns of Ardagger Markt and Ardagger Stift, north of Amstetten at the entrance to the Strudengau valley. - Pumping plant of the Oesterreichische Donaukraftwerke AG (Austrian Danube power plant operator). - Gothic-Baroque parish church of St. Nicholas in Ardagger Markt. - Ardagger Stift: The collegiate monastery (founded in 1049) with its 17th-century buildings was closed in 1784 and transformed into a palace in 1813. Earlier collegiate church of St. Margaret, late Romanesque basilica (consecrated 1063, altered in the 2nd quarter of the 13th century) with raised choir and crypt beneath; Baroque stucco interior (1678). St. Margaret's window (1230-1240) is the oldest figural stained-glass work in Austria. The municipality is also home to a "Wehrmachtsmuseum" (military museum) with World War II weapons and the like. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Ardagger|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]