Pühret

Pühret is a municipality in Upper Austria in Vöcklabruck district in Hausruckviertel with 594 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district Vöcklabruck.

Geography

Pühret is located at 440 m altitude in Hausruckviertel. The expansion is 4.3 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 2.7 km. The total area is 6.5 km ². 15.4% of the area is forested, 75.4 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

Coat of arms

Blazon: On a silver shield with Eisenhut main division ( six green iron hats ) in a green silver birch branch with three leaves and two hanging kitten. The municipality colors are green and white and black.

The coat of arms granted in 1981 explained by the birch branch the name of the community, " Birch Grove " means. The iron hats stand for the six villages.

History

Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the place since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. Since 1490 he is the Principality ' Austria above the Enns ' attributed. During the Napoleonic Wars, the place was occupied several times. Since 1918, the town belongs to the province of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the town belonged to the " Upper Danube ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria. The community was until the end of 2004 part of the judicial district swan city and was effective January 1, 2005 Part of the judicial district Vöcklabruck.

Policy

Mayor Johann butcher of the ÖVP.

For cost reasons, Pühret has partnered with the neighboring communities Pitzenberg, Rutzenham and Oberndorf bei swan city to an administrative community. The joint municipal office is located in Oberndorf.

Population Development

In 1991 the community had 550 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 573 inhabitants.