!!!Hainfeld

Hainfeld, Lower Austria, town in the district of Lilienfeld, alt. 
439 m, pop. 3,677, area 44.74 km%%sup 2/%, industrial town 
and centre of the Goelsental valley, at the foot of the Kirchberg 
mountain (922 m). - District court, branch office of the District 
Commission (youth department), sports centre; 1991 about 63 % of 
all employed persons worked in the manufacturing sector; metal-working 
industry predominant: manufacture of bolts and screws, locksmith 
products, metal products (stainless steel products, kitchen 
equipment), brewery (first documented mention 1678), dairy, growing 
transport sector. - First documented mention around 1105-22 as 
"Haganvelt". Since 1928 town status, 1945 severe war damage; 
late-Gothic parish church with high-Gothic choir (around 1400) and 
bulky west tower, crucifix (beginning of 16%%sup th/%  century).

!Literature
H. Bauernnebel and L. Felber, Hainfeld, 1965; Oesterr. 
Staedtebuch, vol. IV, part 2, Die Staedte Niederoesterreichs, 
1976.


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