!!!Schweiggers

Schweiggers, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Zwettl, 
alt. 633 m, pop. 3,067, area 58.65 km%%sup 2/%, northwest of 
Zwettl; coach company, wood processing industry. - Parts of the 
medieval town wall preserved; pillory (1722); column dedicated to the 
Virgin Mary (1688); parish church, documented mention 1157, hall 
church with Romanesque core, altered in Gothic style around 1450, 
Baroque interior, altar piece by M. J. Schmidt; Freihof Castle 
has been used as parsonage since 1400, present building dates from the 
16%%sup th/%  century.


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