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Falkenstein, Niederösterreich
© Copyright Falkenstein, castle ruins in the background. Falkenstein, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Mistelbach, alt. 302 m, pop. 457, area 19.12 km2, in the northern Weinviertel near Poysdorf at the foot of the Falkenstein Mountains. - Transmitter for the Austrian broadcasting corporation on the Galgenberg mountain; wine growing, early Baroque parish church with Romanesque-Gothic tower, Baroque figures depicting the stations of the Cross designed by F. Pfaundler, late Renaissance city hall building, medieval castle ruins (built around 1050, fell into disrepair from 1645); historic wine cellar district. On what is known as the "Schanzboden", a walled settlement was built around 4500 B.C. with a diameter of ca. 400 m. 100-200 years later the settlement was abandoned, and a new wall was built which can still be seen today (165 x 120 m). Literature: H. Wolf, F. Seine Berge, Geschichte, Baudenkmäler, 1959.
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