Weitersfelden#
Weitersfelden, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Freistadt, alt. 733 m, pop. 1,201, area 43.66 km2, close to the confluence of the rivers Schwarze Aist and Weisse Aist, in the Muehlviertel Region. - Wood processing industry (esp. furniture), textile works, seminar hotel, some tourism ("Alm-village" of the Muehlviertel region). - Late-Gothic parish church, extensively renovated in 1784, single-pillar hall with stellar vault (around 1500); remains of place of execution with gibbet.
Literature#
F. Schober, Geschichte des Marktes Weitersfelden und seiner Umgebung, 1954; L. Riepl, Weitersfelden, 1997.