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The Parish Church

The Roman Catholic. Purgstall parish is dedicated to St. Peter. The first building was in the 14th Century building, which today are still the lower part of the tower and the north side portal will present. At the beginning of the 15th Century was built the still existing three-aisled late Gothic hall church. The final chorus of this late Gothic church and the arcade-like galleries were rebuilt in the years 1712-1719. From the year 1711 is a bill in front of church plans, the Jacob Prandtauer was delivered to Purgstall. It may therefore be assumed that the buyer will have known architect of the Baroque at the church. 1871, 1980, 1985 and 1996 of last renovation.

Lederer House Museum

The museum in the Lederer house is located in a richly decorated with sgraffito decorated house in the town center. From the early 17th Century was practiced in the building located at the Erlauf the Gerber trade. Accordingly, the production of leather is a focus of the exhibition. Was supplemented with objects from the topic of local history. Purgstall was because of the " Three street markets "in the iron and food trade was operated with Styria. Also worth mentioning are the exhibited paintings on wood Schutzenscheiben, the 17th and part of the Th century. Also on display are artifacts from Awarengrabern were discovered only recently by Purgstall. The garden is part of the museum. The museum is in the 2nd Mariazellerstrasse number

Erlauftaler Fire Museum

The fire station in the Fire Museum, housed Pochlarnerstrasse 56 shows the historical development of the fire being in Lower Austria. In addition to a comprehensive exhibition of historic fire station every first Saturday of the month-fire classic car trips are offered. Children have an old truck syringe with which they have a " fire fighting are allowed to perform. "

Monument Erlaufschlucht

An essential element of the landscape is Purgstall Erlaufschlucht. The river has changed over the millennia, deeply buried in the ice ages been landed since the gravel, partly already conglomerate rock is baked. The Erlaufschlucht applied since 1972 as a result of the unique scenic peculiarities of nature monument.

Former prisoner of war camp - "Way of Peace"

From 1915 to 1918 were in large camps in Wieselburg Purgstall and more than 80,000 prisoners of war, the former "enemy states" kept under guard. Under the security personnel there was a short time the painter Egon Schiele, who created some well-known works in Erlauftal.In the district shop floor to the "way of peace" was established: signs giving information on prisoner of war camp, and there is also a permanent exhibition on the subject. The trail begins at the guest house Schager in shop floor and passes by the former camp cemetery.

July - October

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