!!!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.


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