Ober-Grafendorf#
Ober-Grafendorf, Lower Austria, market town in the district of St. Poelten, alt. 280 m, pop. 4,551, area 24.57 km2, on the River Pielach south-west of St. Poelten. - Recreation centre, sports facilities, Pielachtalhalle community centre; construction industry (e.g. prefabricated building parts), production of switch boxes, timber processing. - Parish church, pier-supported basilica with 16th century - vaulting in late Romanesque-Gothic style, spire (1756), high altar painting by D. Gran (1756), statues by P. Widerin (1742); Fridau castle (1750-1770), triptych with frescoes by Gran (1755), chapel (1753).
Literature#
R. Schierer, Ober-Grafendorf und Umgebung, 1980; F. Trischler, Beitraege zur Geschichte der Marktgemeinde Ober-Grafendorf, 1959.