Pinsdorf

Infobox Town AT
name=Pinsdorf
name_local=
image_coa = Wappen_at_pinsdorf.png

state = Upper Austria
district = Gmunden
population =3523
population_as_of = 01.01.2004
population_ref =
pop_dens =276
area = 12.47
elevation = 493
lat_deg=47
lat_min=55
lat_sec=49
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=13
lon_min=46
lon_sec=01
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 4812
area_code =07612
licence = GM
mayor = Dieter Helms (SPÖ)
website = [http://www.pinsdorf.ooe.gv.at www.pinsdorf.ooe.gv.at]

Pinsdorf is a village in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden. At the 2001 census with 3,445 inhabitants. Dieter Helms (SPÖ) has been mayor of Pinsdorf since 2002

History

The "Bauernhügel" is a memorial in Pinsdorf, which remembers of the brutal war between the Bavarian stadtholder Adam Graf von Herbertstorff and the farmers, who live in this principality. The farmers fought against the counter-reformation. The myth means, that under this hill there are the skeletons of the killed farmers. An obelisk remembers of this "Battle of Gmunden"

Geografy

Hills

In Pinsdorf there are some small hills, for example the "Pinsdorfberg", the "Gmundnerberg", the "Vöcklaberg" and the "Kronberg".

Waters

The river "Aurach" flows through Pinsdorf.

Politics

These are the results of the last election of the local government in 2003.

* SPÖ: 14 mandates (57,3 %)
* ÖVP: 9 mandates (34,4 %)
* FPÖ: 2 mandates (8,4 %)

Mayor is Dieter Helms. (SPÖ)

Twin Town

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External links

* [http://www.pinsdorf.ooe.gv.at| Official Site of Pinsdorf]