Weissenbach an der Triesting#
Weissenbach an der Triesting, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Baden, alt. 357 m, pop. 1,904, area 15.93 km2, industrial and trading town at the confluence of the Further Bach stream and the River Triesting. - Machine factory. - Parish church (1893), severely damaged in 1945, repaired in 1946; At Neuhaus, palace with circumvallation and defensive towers (documented mention in 1246), alterations from 1607-1612, burnt down in 1945, reconstructed except for the eastern section, formerly mirror factory in the western section (today the parish house); parish church of St. John of Nepomuk integrated into the building complex, with Gothic core, altered in 1610, western circular tower.
Literature#
Festschrift zur Markterhebung der Gemeinde Weissenbach an der Triesting, 1981; L. Wirtner (ed.), Heimatbuch der Marktgemeinde Weissenbach an der Triesting, 1986; V. Wallner (ed.), Der Bezirk Baden und seine Gemeinden, 1995.