upon implementation of the 1945 german instrument of surrender and the allied occupation of austria, the training ground was seized by the soviet army and, despite raised claims for restitution, has remained a military exclusion zone (renamed "truppenübungsplatz allentsteig") to this day, now operated by the austrian armed forces. since 1981, however, the main square, the ruins of the romanesque parish church of saints peter and paul, and its surrounding graveyard have been made accessible to visitors. in 1986, the church was reconsecrated as a "church of peace" by the bishop of sankt pölten. the expelled inhabitants were not compensated until 1955.