Lochen#

Lochen, Upper Austria, municipality in the district of Braunau, alt. 516 m, pop. 2,066 (1981: 1,866), area 33.29 km2, southwest of Kobernausser Woods, near the border with Salzburg province. - Sports centre; wood processing, cheese dairies, production of refrigerating machines, warehouse. - Parish church, made Baroque between 1760-1770, magnificent Baroque interior, main works (1709-1713) by M. Guggenbichler; late Gothic subsidiary church in Gebertsham with late Gothic winged altar-piece (1515-1520); Gothic-Baroque subsidiary church in Astaett with high altar (1700-1710).