Döllersheim

Döllersheim, former market town in Lower Austria, district of Zwettl, 1934: pop. 754, 173 houses, area 13.97 km². The whole area between Allentsteig and Kamp, Zwettl Monastery and Neupölla (42 villages, 6 farm buildings, 10 mills, 1,389 buildings, pop. 6,800, alt. 470-630 m) was cleared from 1938 on and used as a Training Area by the German Wehrmacht. In 1941/42 the municipality was dissolved and a military district created instead. From 1945 to 1955 the military training area was used by the Soviet army, since 1957 used by the Austrian army, reduced in size to 157 km² and named after Allentsteig. The church and cemetery in Döllersheim have been renovated and the ruins of the Citizens' hospital preserved.

Literature: M. Schindler, Wegmüssen. Die Entsiedelung des Raumes Döllersheim, 1988; Der Truppenübungsplatz Allentsteig, Studien und Forschungen des Niederösterreichischen Inst. für Landeskunde 17, 1991.