Raab#

Raab, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Schaerding, alt. 381 m, pop. 2,208 (in 1981 pop. 2,183), area 22.45 km2, situated in the lower Innviertel Region on the River Raab. - Bezirksgericht (district court), road maintenance agency, chip-burning district heating plant, pre-mixed plaster production, large-scale joinery, tree nurseries. - Documented mention in 1084; Gothic parish church, altered in Baroque style in 1753-1755; moated castle (16th and 18th centuries); pilgrimage church in Baroque style (1719-1722) at Bruendl.