St. Gallen#
St. Gallen, Styria, market town in the district of Liezen, alt. 515 m, pop. 1,609, area 61.01 km2, in the Ennstal Alps, near the border with Lower Austria. - Administration of the Styrian provincial forests, social counselling; production of drilling machines and beverages, plastics industry, some tourism; Formerly residence of family of medieval ironworks owners. - Late Gothic parish church (1515-1523), extended between 1736 and 1740 in Baroque style, marble high altar (1782); altar-piece panel by M. J. Schmidt and paintings by B. Altomonte; old patrician mansions (originally owned by the wealthy associates of mining companies); ruin of Gallenstein castle (1278); Gothic niche way-side shrine (1488).
Literature#
O. Haberleitner and H. Brandauer, St. Gallen und das St. Gallener Tal, 1952.