Sankt Peter am Wimberg

St. Peter am Wimberg (also Sankt Peter am Wimberg ) is a market town in Upper Austria in the district of Rohrbach in Upper Austria upper with 1754 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Rohrbach.

Geography

Sankt Peter am Wimberg is located on 668 m altitude in the upper Upper Austria. The extension is 6 km from north to south, from west to east 7.7 km. The total area is 23.4 km ². 27.8 % of the area is forested, 65.8 % of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

Village, Eckerstorf, Habring, box, Sankt Peter am Wimberg Simaden, rhinestones, Unterriedl, Golling, mountain, Engersdorf.

Coat of arms

Official description of the coat of arms municipality conferred in 1972: About three green mountain in two red gold, diagonally crossed keys with averted beards and handles in three fit. The municipality colors are red -yellow-green.

The crossed keys symbolize a sign of hl. Peter the patron saint of the parish church, which gave the name of the community. The three mountain characterizes the situation of local am Wimberg.

History

Originally under the suzerainty of the Bishops of Passau, the town was probably in the 11th century. founded. 1108/ 09 he is part of a donation of Eppo of wind mountain to the monastery of St. Florian. 1208 shall be mentioned as oppidum forense already the market right at hand; secured, it is from the late 16th century as Aigen the pen St. Florian. However, since the Peasants' War began in St. Peter in 1595 after the expulsion of the Catholic priest, this market law was later lost again; only in 2000 was again bringing to the market.

1682 and 1884 fires ravage the place. During the Napoleonic Wars he is repeatedly inter alia, occupied by Bavaria. Since 1814, the place is definitely a thing to 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. Originally the community since 1850 part of the judicial district Neufelden, after its dissolution but was added to the judicial district of Rohrbach January 1, 2003.

Policy

Mayor 's Engelbert Pichler of the ÖVP.

Population Development

In 1991, the municipality had 1607 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 then 1770 inhabitants, in 2005 there were 1756 inhabitants.

Culture and sights

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