!!!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. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Groß-Siegharts|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]