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| federal state | Lower Austria | |
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| Residents | 2.775 (2018) | |
| height | 534 m, 515 m | |
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Groß-Siegharts (Czech: Velký Zigharec) is a city in Waldviertel and known for the area's former textile industry. The traditional production of ribbons and textiles is carried out in Living textile museum demonstrated on functional, historical machines.
background
The municipal area comprises a total of eight localities:
- Ellends
- Fistritz
- Groß-Siegharts (by far the largest settlement in the municipality with almost 2000 inhabitants)
- Loibes
- Sieghartsles
- Woodland Empire
- Weeping
- Wienings
Groß-Siegharts was first mentioned in a document in 1299. From 1720, the small town was developed into a center of the textile industry under Johann Christoph Ferdinand Graf von Mallenthein. As a result, skilled workers from all over Europe settled in the Waldviertel, 180 "Fabrics-Häusl" were built in Groß-Siegharts, in which the families lived and worked and, above all, produced "Bandlwaren", which they sold as sole proprietors to traveling dealers. The "Bandltrager" sold these throughout the entire Danube Monarchy and the region was given the unofficial name "Bandlkramerlandl".
In the second half of the 19th century there were 6 textile factories in Groß-Siegharts, around 1900 the local ribbon weaving mills employed several hundred people. The textile industry in the Waldviertel fell into crisis in the post-war period and could no longer keep up economically with the competition from the Far East. The last weaving mill closed in the 1980s. Groß-Siegharts became a market town in 1727 and a town in 1928.
getting there
With public transport
The nearest train station is in Göpfritz an der Wild, where regional express trains of the Franz-Josefs-Bahn stop. The trains start in Vienna Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof and stop along the way. also in Vienna Spittelau (U4, U6), Tulln, Absdorf-Hippersdorf (connection from Krems), Sigmundsherberg (connection from Krems and horn). After Göpfritz the trains reach a.o. Schwarzenau, Schrems and Gmuend; The end of the line is the border station České Velenice in the Czech Republic, where you can connect to ČD trains from Budweis and Třeboň Has.
Regional buses of the IN FRONT stop in Groß-Siegharts at Dr.-Kraus-Platz. However, these drive irregularly and usually only a few times a day:
- Line 1320 Waidhofen - horn
- Line 1356 St. Polten - Karlstein
- Line 1350 Göpfritz - Karlstein
- Line 1366 Hollabrunn - Heidenreichstein
- Line 635 Raabs - Göpfritz (individual courses according to Horn or Vienna Praterstern)
- Line WA2 Horn - Waidhofen
- Night bus route N8Buzz Vitis - Karlstein
Timetable information and online route planner: www.vor.at
In the street
- Of Göpfritz an der Wild (B2, E49 Vienna-Budweis) via the L55
- Of Waidhofen an der Thaya (B5 from Heidenreichstein) over the 60
- Of Raabs an der Thaya (B30 Retz-Heidenreichstein) via the L55
By bicycle
The abandoned branch line from Göpfritz via Groß-Siegharts to Raabs has been developed as a cycle path.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Groß-Siegharts Castle
- 2 Weinern Castle
- 3 Parish Church of St. John the Baptist
- 4 Living textile museum, Karlsteiner Strasse 6. Tel.: 43 664 1632811, Email: [email protected]. Open: May 1 to October 31, Wednesday to Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., groups also by appointment.Price: 5 euros.
- 5 Regional column, Palace Square. 7 meter high wooden column with carvings by the artist Willibald Edlinger, erected in 2009. Motifs from the history of the region.
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
health
Practical advice
trips
- Waidhofen an der Thaya
- Raabs an der Thaya
literature
Web links
- http://www.siegharts.at/ - Official website of Groß-Siegharts
