!!!Lichtenwörth

Lichtenwoerth, Lower Austria, district of Wiener Neustadt, alt. 
254 m, pop. 2,723, area 22.87 km%%sup 2/%, between Rivers 
Leitha and Warmer Fischa, north-east of Wiener Neustadt. Multi-purpose 
hall; 2 mills, metal-working (transporting plant, production of 
pipes). - Castle mentioned in 1254 was destroyed between 1487-1490 and 
replaced by Winkelmuehle Mill, on which location the state-run 
metalware and brass-needle factory "Nadelburg" was founded in 1753. 
Next to the factory a settlement with 30 houses was established and 
encircled by a wall. Denationalised in 1769, the wire drawing mills 
were replaced by rolling mills before 1848 and a cotton mill was also 
added. - Parish church (15%%sup th/%  century, completed in 1887); 
Trinity column (1779); 4 memorial columns, one with blazon (1470).

!Literature
M. Knofler, Die Nadelburg, in: W. Koschatzky (ed.), Maria 
Theresia und ihre Zeit, 1979.


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