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Kilb is a market town in the district of Melk in the Lower Austrian Mostviertel with 2580 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022). Kilb is located in the hilly country of the Alpine foothills on the Sierning River, which rises here, and on the federal highway 29 Manker road B 29.Kettenreith is located from the village center of Kilb about five kilometers away and is the second major settlement of the market town. Kettenreith has its own village center, an inn as well as a kindergarten and its own volunteer fire department.

Culture and sights

    Grünbühel Castle, (also Grünbichl), Renaissance castle built on the site of a castle by Nikolaus Gienger von Grienpichel, remodeled in classical style in 1830.
    Catholic parish church Kilb hll. Simon and Judas: Founded by Bishop Altmann of Passau around 1080, was expanded in the 15th century to a three-nave late Gothic relay church and is also called the "Queen of the country parish churches" because of its size.
    Since 2004 there is the cultural and event center "K4 - Kunst, Kultur, Kulinarium Kilb" with a maximum of 400 seats.
    In 1988, a mighty guild tree was erected in the center of the village from a 130-year-old and 22-meter-high larch.
    Since 1986, the parish church has been the backdrop for the Kilb Passion Plays, in which amateur actors from the community portray the "Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord". Furthermore, performances took place in 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014.