Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Gemeinde
Name = St. Ulrich am Pillersee
Wappen = Wappen-st-ulrich-am-pillersee.pnglat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 31 | lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 12 | lon_min = 34 | lon_sec = 00
Bundesland = Tirol
Bezirk = Kitzbühel
Höhe = 847
Fläche = 52.0
Einwohner = 1513
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 6393
Vorwahl = 05354
Kfz = KB
Gemeindekennziffer = 7 04 17
NUTS = AT335
Straße = Dorfstrasse 15
Website = [http://www.st.ulrich.tirol.gv.at www.st.ulrich.tirol.gv.at]
Bürgermeister = Kaspar Mettler
Partei =
Gemeinderatanzahl = 13
Gemeinderat =
Wahljahr = 2004
image_photo = Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee-1.jpg
Bildbeschreibung1 = St. Ulrich am Pillersee

Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district and is located 16.40 km northeast of Kitzbühel as well as 11 km west of Sankt Johann in Tirol.

History

The name St. Ulrich am Pillersee comes from the patron saint of the church. "Pillersee" is derived from Old German pujen, pillen = brüllen ("roar") and the German word See ("lake"). As Peter Dör-fler, the vicar of St. Ulrich, wrote in 1834: Der See läßt im Winter bei großer Kält' unter dem Eis ein gewaltiges Pillen hören.. ("When it is very cold in winter, the lake makes great roaring noises below the ice."). The golden cross of St. Ulrich on the locality's coat of arms refers to Ulrich, bishop of Augsburg, honoured as a fighter against the "heathen hordes". He died in 973.