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AllentsteigAllentsteig, Lower Austria, town in the district of Zwettl, alt. 550 m, pop. 2,447, area 71.42 km2, in the headwater region of the Kleine Thaya. - District Farmers´ Chamber, hospital, Liechtensteinkaserne barracks and military training area, army forest administration, Waldviertler Jugenddorf Allentsteig (Waldviertel region youth village), Lower Austrian Provincial Youth Home; economy dominated by the garrison. - First documented 1150; church and former castle of the Kuenringers (around 1100, rebuilt 16th century), with keep; dairy farm (16th century, Aussiedlermuseum/Evacuee Museum). Villages evacuated (Döllersheim) for construction of military training area (1938), which has been used by the Austrian Federal Army since 1957. Further reading: Österr. Städtebuch, vol. IV, Die Städte Niederösterreichs, 1988.
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