!!!Geras Geras, Lower Austria, town in the district of Horn, alt. 460 m, pop. 1,531, area 67.67 km%%sup 2/%, situated in the north eastern part of the Waldviertel region, close to the Czech border. - On the circuit of the Horn district court, district chamber of agriculture, sports ground, vocational school for hotel and restaurant trade, nature preserve; tourism. Survey of the town 1928. - Monastery of Praemonstratensian Canons (centre of art and cultural education), founded 1153 as double monastery Geras-Pernegg, originally Romanesque abbey church with Gothic choir, west tower and façade (1665-1667), rich Baroque interior (1730), ceiling painting (around 1770) by F. Zoller; the monastery itself was enlarged and altered in the 17%%sup th/% century, altered in the Baroque style by J. Munggenast 1736-1740, painting in the ball room by P. Troger, library. Special exhibitions, art courses; old dairy farm building from 1666; silo (1670, today hotel); since 1989 priory in Fritzlar (Germany). !Literature I. Franz, Geschichte der Waldviertler Klosterstiftung Geras-Pernegg, 1947, 1976; Oesterr. Staedtebuch, vol. IV, part 1, Die Staedte Niederoesterreichs, 1988. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Geras|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]