Molln#
Molln, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems, alt. 442 m, pop. 3,753, area 191.39 km2, industrial and commercial centre in the central Steyrtal valley. - Military training area, Steyrdurchbruch power station (1908: 3.8 MW), research centre of the Limestone Alps National Park Society; forestry enterprise of the Oesterreichische Bundesforste AG (Austrian Federal Forests), factory producing skiing and hiking boots, anodising plant, cast concrete factory and commercial stone-crushing plant, wood manufacturing industry (mainly furniture), main production site of Jew's Harp/s in Austria. - Late Gothic parish church (15th /16th centuries) with late Gothic west gallery, side aisle (1929), Rococo high altar (1769) with painting by L. Kupelwieser (1829); parsonage built by J. G. Hayberger, 1734.
Literature#
A. Mohr, Althaeuser der Gemeinde Molln in Oberoesterreich, 1991.