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Altenmarkt bei St. GallenAltenmarkt bei St. Gallen, Styria, market town in the district of Liezen, alt. 467 m, pop. 1,001, area 43.26 km2, business town in Ennstal Valley. - Timber processing, die casting works, Altenmarkt run-of-river power plant (140,000 MWh). - First documented 1335, located on the old Iron Road; hammer works (14th - 15th centuries); town houses and hammer works owners' manor houses (16th - 17th centuries); Gothic-Baroque parish church (1793); Flößerkapelle (rafters' chapel) (1763-1764). Further reading: W. Grabensberger, Altenmarkt an der Enns, 1984.
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