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Steinakirchen am Forst is a market town with 2328 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022) in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria.
Culture and sights
Market Square (1933-1938 Dollfuß Square, 1938-1945 Adolf Hitler Square)[18] with historic ensemble of houses and the historic pillory (dated 1716).[19]
Catholic parish church of Steinakirchen am Forst St. Michael, with the rarity of a circumferential gallery and adjacent late medieval vicarage.
Ernegg Castle
Mostviertler solstice circle[20]
Legendary ancient granite block "Steinursch" in Zehethof
Heiligenbrunn chapel at a former healing spring[21]
Burgersteg Chapel (on the Little Erlauf River): Path chapel with stepped tent roof, inscribed 1713
Nepomuk statue (lower market): on figurally relieved pedestal from 1722
Schönberg-Bankerl: installation with bench to linger in memory of Arnold Schönberg's stay in Steinakirchen in the summer of 1909 at the "Hedwigshof" (Braun family)[22] The Schönberg-Bankerl was ceremonially opened in June 2012 as part of a Schönberg Week.[23]
Salettl zum grünen Baum: historic salettl in the center of the village, which is used as a venue for events.[24]
Events
May festival at the market place
Summer and winter solstice at the Mostviertler Solstice Jun./Dec.
Frühlingskirtag 2nd Sunday in April
Market festival - end of July (1986 to 2011, again since 2016)
Michaelikirtag - end of September/beginning of October
Krampus carnival at the market place
