!!!Maria Laach am Jauerling

Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria, market town in the district 
of Krems an der Donau, alt. 591 m, pop. 923, area 
36.44 km%%sup 2/%, situated on the southern slopes of Jauerling 
Mountain (alt. 960 m) in the southern part of the Waldviertel 
(one of Lower Austria´s four main regions). - Nature reserve 
stretching from Jauerling Mountain to the Wachau (Lower Austrian 
region famous for its wine production, situated along the River 
Danube), outlook tower affording an impressive panoramic view of the 
region, museum of herbs, VHF transmitter (at the top of Jauerling 
Mountain) operated by the Austrian Broadcasting Network (ORF); timber 
processing. Market town, old place of pilgrimage.- Late Gothic parish 
church (15%%sup th/%  century), became a recognized place of 
pilgrimage in the 18%%sup th/%  century, organ gallery (around 1500) 
with a balustrade richly ornamented with tracery, Late Gothic double 
winged altar (1480) constituting a rare example of well-preserved Late 
Gothic carvings and paintings, side altar (by the Passau workshops 
around 1500) with a Gothic altar piece (around 1475), stone pulpit 
(around 1500), Renaissance tomb of J. G. von Kuefstein (created 
by A. Colin between 1604 and 1607), hatchments of members of the 
Kuefstein family (Tirolean noble family).

!Literature
H. Hoerler, Du faendest Ruhe dort, 1962.


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