!!!Feldkirchen an der Donau

Feldkirchen an der Donau, Upper Austria, market town in the district 
of Urfahr-Umgebung, alt. 268 m, pop. 4,534 (1981: pop 4,042), area 
39.50 km%%sup 2/%, mid-point of the Eferding Basin on the 
northern side of the Danube. - Fachschule (agricultural studies) (in 
Bergheim), recreational area with golf course (in Weidet), water-ski 
pull, Kneippkurhaus spa of the Sisterhood of Mary in Bad Muehllacken. 
Knitwear and timber industries. - Late Gothic parish church (around 
1510) with Rococo interior (added in 1770-1780); filial church 
(14%%sup th/%  century) in Pesenbach, buttressed basilica with late 
Gothic winged altar (1495). - Bad Muehllacken (part of Feldkirchen an 
der Donau) first documented mention 1564, Mariahilf chapel (around 
1600, high altar dating from the early 17%%sup th/%  century), baths 
(around 1830); Muehldorf Castle, formerly surrounded by a water-filled 
moat (now hosts seminars), museum of local history, Pesenbachtal 
nature preserve with limestone deposits.

!Literature
D. Assmann and H. Schober, 100 Jahre Gemeinde Feldkirchen 
an der Donau (1875-1975), 1975.


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