!!!Neufelden

Neufelden, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Rohrbach im 
Muehlkreis, alt. 517m, pop. 1,236, area 9.76 km%%sup 2/%, 
situated on the River Grosse Muehl above the reservoir (on the 
territory of the municipality of Neufelden) of the Partenstein storage 
power station (constructed in 1924, 33.8 MW, municipality of 
Kleinzell). District court, local forestry authorities, secondary 
technical school (HTL), nearby game preserve (since 1969, on the 
territory of the municipality of Altenfelden); plumbing business, wood 
processing, recycling plant, summer tourism. Former centre of linen 
weaving, in the 19th century hop cultivation, seat of the provincial 
hop cultivation association. - Late-Gothic, Renaissance and late 
Baroque patrician houses, late-Gothic parish church with net ribbed 
vaults and choir (remodelled in Baroque style), Baroque interior, 
altar piece (1774) by M. J. Schmidt and Gothic reliefs showing the 
apostles (from the end of the 15th century). Museum in the former 
public jail. Heimathaus (house of local history and culture) and 
museum of regional arts and crafts. Close by: Puernstein castle.


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