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Pöchlarn is a municipality with 3958 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022) in the district of Melk in Lower Austria (Austria). Pöchlarn is located in the Mostviertel, on the right (southern) bank of the Danube directly at the mouth of the Erlauf, in the Nibelungengau, and is also called the Nibelungenstadt.

Culture and sights

    City fortification Pöchlarn

    the Catholic Parish Church of Pöchlarn Maria Himmelfahrt - built between 1389 and 1429, rebuilt in baroque style after a fire in 1766

    the Kokoschka House, the birthplace of Oskar Kokoschka houses OK documentation with works by Kokoschka himself and temporary exhibitions, mainly with works by his students

    the 800 year old town hall
    the old town hall cellar as a venue for events
    the Welserturm - former northwest corner of the city fortification, since 1931 local museum
    the Demmer Tower
    the renaissance castle of Pöchlarn [5]
    the carpenter museum
    the Nibelung monument with the coats of arms of the Nibelung towns
    the old town