Sankt Pankraz
- SPÖ: 5
- ÖVP: 2
- FPÖ: 2
San Pancrazio (also Saint Pancras ) is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Traun quarter with 337 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).
- 3.1 Population development
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
St. Pancras is located at 531 m altitude in Traun quarter. The expansion is 9.7 kilometers from north to south and from west to east 8.7 km. The total area is 47.1 km ². 70.3 % of the area is forested and 8.5 % of the land used for agriculture. Pancrazio is part of the tourism Pyhrn-Priel region.
Community structure
The municipality comprises the two villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- St. Pancras (271 )
- Schalchgraben (87)
The municipality comprises the cadastral St. Pancras.
Neighboring communities
Coat of arms
Blazon: From red and green divided by a blue, silver bordierten, diagonally left wave beams, accompanied by the figure at the top of a silver sword, down from a silver pine cones. The municipality colors are blue, white and red.
The helical flow points to the municipal area of the southeast to the northwest crossing Teichl. The hl. Pancras, patron and local namesake, is represented by the sword in the upper half of the coat of arms. The studded with woody fruit shed pine cones underlines the forest wealth of the community with 86 % of forestry utilization of the productive area.
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.
St. Pancras belonged until 2012 to the Judicial District Windischgarsten and since 1 January 2013, part of the judicial district of Kirchdorf an der Krems.
Population Development
In 1991 the community had 372 inhabitants according to the census, 2001, then 390 inhabitants.
Culture and sights
Parish Church of St.. Pankratius: The parish church, built in 1462 has a Baroque interior. The high altarpiece, the beheading of St.. Pankratius dar. both sides of the nave are net rip domed chapel extensions. The side altars show paintings by Bartolomeo Altomonte from 1763.
Wilderermuseum St. Pancras: The designed according to the ideas of cultural theorist Roland Girtler exhibition shows the historical and social background of poaching. Known poachers fates and the legendary Battle of Molln poachers are also documented.
National Park Kalkalpenradweg
The National Park Kalkalpenradweg (R31 ) has its starting point in the center of San Pancrazio. The trail takes you through the valley of Teichl after Roßleithen and continue to Windischgarsten. After a drive through the Hengstpass the cycle path ends after 45 km at the inlet to the rear mountain bike trail at Unterlaussa.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Hannes Trinkl (* 1968), skier