!!!Gaspoltshofen

Gaspoltshofen, Upper Austria, market town in the district of 
Grieskirchen, alt. 455 m, pop. 3,499, area 
40.61 km%%sup 2/%, situated at the eastern foot of the Hausruck 
mountains. Crafts and industry. - Altenhof centre for disabled people, 
district nursing home and home for the elderly; about 59 % of the 
working population are employed in the manufacturing sector: roof 
tiles factory, production of air suction ventilators (ventilation 
systems), special processing equipment (for the production of concrete 
pipes etc.) and agricultural machines (mills, silos etc.); control 
engineering; frozen foods. - Baroque parish church (1732-1735), one of 
the principal works of J. Pawanger; Baroque interior with boat-shaped 
pulpit (1770) by J. Ertl.

!Literature
F. Buchinger; Gaspoltshofen, 1995.


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