Persenbeug-Gottsdorf#
Persenbeug-Gottsdorf, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Melk, alt. 225 m, pop. 2,033, area 8.32 km2, on the north side of the River Danube opposite Ybbs an der Donau, at the opening of the Nibelungengau section. The Danube then flows around the alluvial land "Auf der Scheibe" near Gottsdorf. - Highway maintenance depot, dam of the Ybbs-Persenbeug run-of-river power station (built in 1957, 203.5 MW); road across the Danube; furniture factory, building industry. - Documented mention in 863, commercial centre since the 16th century; important ship building centre, with shipmaster M. Feldmueller (1801-1850). Modern parish church, late Gothic Floriani chapel (former parish church) with Baroque high altar (around 1700); Castle with mediaeval elements, late Renaissance building, exterior erected between 1617-1621.