Waizenkirchen#
Waizenkirchen, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Grieskirchen, alt. 367 m, pop. 3,602, area 34.23 km2, on the Aschach river, in the hills of the northern Hausruckviertel region. - Agricultural trade school; manufacture of agricultural machinery and lifts, weaving mill, bakery, building trade, commercial firms; sand pit. - First documented mention around 1150; late-Gothic parish church, Baroque alterations 1738-1748, neo-Baroque altar decoration with paintings by M. J. Schmidt (1799), life-size figures of saints (2nd quarter of the 18th century); Altenheimkapelle chapel (1647) with late-Baroque altar; Weidenholz Castle (first documented mention 1276), a moated castle completely renovated in 1876; collection of items of local historical and cultural value (founded 1957) in the house where the composer W. Kienzl was born, with memorial room dedicated to him.