!!!Gföhl

Gfoehl, Lower Austria, town in the district of Krems, alt. 579, pop. 
3,715, area 80.76 km%%sup 2/%, Southern Waldviertel (region in Lower 
Austria), clothes and uniform manufacturing, poultry breeding, 
district branch of the chamber of agriculture, Baroque parish church 
(1715-1720), crypt chapel (1761) with tomb of the Sinzendorf family. 
The Gfoehl forest was formerly under direct control of the local 
princes. Clearing started in the 16%%sup th/%  century, with farms 
loosely scattered. From the 15%%sup th/%  century onwards, the 
"Jaidhof" hunting lodge constituted the local centre. It was converted 
into a palace designed in Classicist style in the 19%%sup th/%  
century.


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