!!!Groß-Siegharts

Gross-Siegharts, Lower Austria, town in the district of Waidhofen an 
der Thaya, alt. 534 m, pop. 3,236, area 44.28 km%%sup 2/%, 
in the northern Waldviertel region. Centre of the former so-called 
"Bandlkramerlandl" (region of textile production, start of textile 
production around 1720, despite the textile sector´s decreasing 
importance today, still has several textile-producing companies). - 
Landesfachschule fuer Textilindustrie (college of textile industry); 
production sector predominant (approx. 62 % of people employed 
1991): electronic industry (testing devices for the aeroplane 
industry), dying of textiles (large silk weaving mill in the 
neighbouring municipality of Dietmanns); also several manufacturing 
enterprises: production of textiles (braids, labels and ribbons), 
veneers, decorative model pistols; wood processing, steel 
construction. - Town status since 1928. Baroque parish church 
(1700-1732) with dome frescoes by C. Carlone (1727), castle (first 
documented in 1304, enlarged 1532, 1570-1580 and 1710-1720), property 
of the town since 1891, now town hall and textile museum.

!Literature
Oesterr. Staedtebuch, vol. IV, part 1, Die 
Staedte Niederoesterreichs, 1988; R. Schierer, Gross-Siegharts 
Pfarrgeschichte, 5 journals, 1952-1959.


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