Retz

Retz is a city with a population of 4,168 within the Hollabrunn District in Lower Austria, Austria. Retz is located in the north western Weinviertel in Lower Austria. The municipality's area covers 45,01 km². 11.83 percentage of this area is forested. Cadastral municipalities are Hofern, Kleinhöflein, Kleinriedenthal, Obernalb, Retz and Unternalb. In the region round the present-day Ange of Retz a village was fashioned, which turned into first stated in 1180 as „Rezze“.

Rudolf von Habsburg provided Count Berthold of Rabenswalde shire and sovereignty of Hardegg as a fiefdom. The rely did not stay for lengthy in Hardegg, and moved to Retz, in which he based the monastery of the Dominican Order. The monastery turned into finished in 1295. Finally he founded the metropolis of Retz around 1300. Around 1343 the preacher Franz von Retz turned into born. He reformed the Dominican Order, taught at the University of Vienna, changed into their Dean for 5 times, and also represented the university at the Council of Pisa. He died on September 8, 1427, in Vienna.