Maria Anzbach#

Maria Anzbach, Lower Austria, market town in the district of St. Poelten, alt. 245 m, pop. 2,562 (pop. (1981) 2,151), area 18.20 km2, situated on the Anzbach stream east of the market town of Neulengbach. - Franciscan Convent (Annunziata Convent, at Furth), Convent of the Sisters of Mercy (at Meierhoefen, part of Maria Anzbach), sports hall; Economy: construction industry, concrete processing. First documented mention as early as 998. - Late Gothic staggered church (naves of different height with the central nave being the highest, 1470-1490), star and rib vaulting, impressive west tower adapted in Baroque style, high altar (1771) with a 17th century miraculous representation of the Virgin Mary, Gothic charnel house (2nd half of the 15th century); Baroque cemetery gate.

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