!!!Litschau

Litschau, Lower Austria, town in the district of Gmuend, alt. 
534 m, pop. 2,923, area 81.05 km%%sup 2/%, northernmost town 
of Austria, by Schoenauer and Herrenteich ponds and Reissbach stream, 
in the north-western Waldviertel region. - District Chamber of 
Agriculture, branch office of the Central Institute for Meteorology 
and Geodynamics, two golf courses, highway maintenance depot; 
metal-works (fittings, plates, etc.), wood-working, 2 factories for 
pet supplies and accessories, summer tourism (72,263 overnight stays). 
- First documented mention as town in 1386, during the 17%%sup th/%  
and 18%%sup th/%  centuries glass melting furnaces, later textile 
industry; late Gothic hall church with 3 naves (14%%sup th/% 
-15%%sup th/%  centuries, in 1685 Baroque alterations) with ceiling 
frescos (14%%sup th/%  and 15%%sup th/%  centuries); Old Castle with 
donjon (13%%sup th/%  century); New Castle (18%%sup th/%  century); 
main square bordered by Waldviertler Ackerbuergerhaeuser (type of 
houses of wealthy middle-class citizens) from the 19%%sup th/%  
century; pillory (1688); parts of the city wall with former city gate 
(1685) remained. K.-Schrammel documentation in the local heritage 
museum; "Kultursommer" cultural festival.

!Literature
Oesterreichisches Staedtebuch, vol. IV, part 2, 
Die Staedte Niederoesterreichs, 1976; Stadtgemeinde Litschau (ed.), 
600 Jahre Litschau 1386-1986, 1986.


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