Schollach
Encyclopedia
Schollach is a town in the Wachau
valley in the district of Melk
in the Austria
n state of Lower Austria
. It contains the Schallaburg Castle
, a fine example of Renaissance architecture.
Wachau
The Wachau is an Austrian valley with a picturesque landscape formed by the Danube river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of Lower Austria, located midway between the towns of Melk and Krems that also attracts "connoisseurs and epicureans". It is in length and was already...
valley in the district of Melk
Melk (district)
Bezirk Melk is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Artstetten-Pöbring...
in the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n state of Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
. It contains the Schallaburg Castle
Schallaburg Castle
Schallaburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Schollach, in the Wachau valley, Lower Austria, north of the Alps.Schallaburg Renaissance Castle is located from Melk, in the region known as Mostviertel...
, a fine example of Renaissance architecture.