Hoheneich#
Hoheneich, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Gmuend, alt. 521 m, pop. 1,539, area 15.60 km2, near Gmuend in the northwestern Waldviertel region; numerous ponds in the area. Textile industry, manufacture of windows. First documented mention 1345; late-Baroque/early-Classicist parish and pilgrimage church (1776-1778), high altar (around 1780) with Gothic statue of the Virgin Mary (around 1480-1490); Baroque Our Lady of Lourdes chapel (1740) with dome modelled on that of Jerusalem.
Literature#
K. Vogl, Ortsgeschichte von Hoheneich, 1953; W. Winkler, Festschrift 50 Jahre Marktgemeinde Hoheneich, 1978.