!!!Pöllau Poellau, Styria, market in the district of Hartberg, alt. 425 m, pop. 1,999, area 4.62 km%%sup 2/%, in the valley basin of the Poellauer Saifen river, east Styria, in the Poellautal Nature Park (since 1983, area 120 km%%sup 2/%). - Federal Armed Forces field agency, Landwehr camp of the Federal Armed Forces, day-care home of the Lebenshilfe organisation; wood processing, building trade, textile factory, orchards; cloth-making industry ("Poellau Loden") until the 19%%sup th/% century. - First documented mention around 1163; former Abbey of Augustinian Canons Regular (1482-1785) with collegiate church (today parish church), built between 1701 and 1712 by J. Carlone and R. Horner, an outstanding example of Styrian Baroque and a replica of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, frescoes by M. v. Goerz, altar-piece by J. A. Moelk (1778 and 1779), J. C. Hackhofer ("Queen of the Rosary", in 1722) and M. Altomonte (1725), stone pietà (around 1420); collegiate church and palace with new vestry (in 1720, cavetto vault and frescoes by M. v. Goerz, in 1723), old cupboards (17%%sup th/% century) and wood portal; Calvary with Sacred Heart chapel (1699, enlarged in 1750, fresco by Moelk) and Heart of Mary chapel (1715); column dedicated to the Virgin Mary (1681); town hall with pillory (around 1600); many beautiful old houses (16%%sup th/% to the 19%%sup th/% century); local heritage museum (1910). !Literature Kulturreferat der Marktgemeinde Poellau (ed.), Poellau in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 1977; B. Brandstetter, Alt-Poellau Geschichtenbuch, 1980; G. Allmer, Geschichte des Marktes Poellau, 1993. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Pöllau|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]