Peuerbach
Municipality in Upper Austria, Austria
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Peuerbach is a town in Austria, in Grieskirchen (district) in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Peuerbach | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the district | |
  Peuerbach Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 48°20′44″N 13°46′27″E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Upper Austria |
| District | Grieskirchen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wolfgang Oberlehner (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.4 km2 (15.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 4,483 |
| • Density | 114/km2 (295/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 4722 |
| Area code | 07276 |
| Vehicle registration | GR |
| Website | www.peuerbach.at |
On 6 November 2016 there was a vote on whether Peuerbach would be merged with the neighbouring municipalities of Bruck-Waasen and Steegen. The majority of the inhabitants of Peuerbach and Bruck-Waasen voted in favour, the majority of the inhabitants of Steegen against it. On 1 January 2018, Peuerbach merged with Bruck-Waasen, but maintained the name Stadtgemeinde Peuerbach.[3]
Aspöck Systems is based here.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1869 | 1,777 | — |
| 1880 | 1,731 | −2.6% |
| 1890 | 1,838 | +6.2% |
| 1900 | 1,775 | −3.4% |
| 1910 | 1,891 | +6.5% |
| 1923 | 1,852 | −2.1% |
| 1934 | 2,075 | +12.0% |
| 1939 | 1,934 | −6.8% |
| 1951 | 2,234 | +15.5% |
| 1961 | 2,105 | −5.8% |
| 1971 | 2,161 | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 2,024 | −6.3% |
| 1991 | 2,098 | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 2,224 | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 2,138 | −3.9% |
| 2018 | 4,483 | +109.7% |
Personalities
- Georg von Peuerbach (1423-1461), famous astronomer
- Klaus Klaffenböck, sidecar racing world champion
- Doris Schmidauer, First Lady of Austria.[4]
