Peterskirchen

This article is about the community of Peterskirchen in Upper Austria. For further meanings of Peterskirchen see under Peterskirchen (disambiguation) .

Peterskirchen
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Upper Austria
Political District :	Ried im Innkreis
License plate :	RI
Surface:	10.24 km²
Coordinates :	48 ° 14 '  N , 13 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '18 "  N , 13 ° 32' 52"  E
Height :	441  m above sea level A.
Residents :	690 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	4743
Area code :	07750
Community code :	4 12 22
Address of the municipal administration:	Peterskirchen 25 4743 Peterskirchen
Website:	www.peterskirchen.at
politics
Mayor :	Stefan Majer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2015) (13 members)	11 2 11 2  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 11 FPÖ : 2
Location of Peterskirchen in the district of Ried im Innkreis
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Peterskirchen is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Ried im Innkreis in the Innviertel with 690 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The community is located in the judicial district of Ried im Innkreis .

geography

Peterskirchen is 441 m above sea level in the Innviertel. The extension is from north to south 4 km, from west to east 5.2 km. The total area is 10.4 km². 10.6% of the area is forested, 79.8% of the area is used for agriculture.

Districts of the municipality

The municipality includes the following localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Aggstein (13)
• Böcklarn (43) including Trauner
• Brenning (21) with the village
• Village (17)
• Eschlried (7)
• Furt (11) including Erdmannsdorf
• Hilligan (18)
• Maierhof (11)
• Manhartsberg (43) including Aschbach
• Manhartsgrub (39)
• Mari (51)
• Maribach (12)
• Easterach (52)
• Peterskirchen (280)
• Underlay (31)
• Wolketsedt (41)

coat of arms

Blazon : In red above a silver stepped gable, two golden, diagonally crossed keys with turned away beards and square handles. The community colors are red-yellow-red.

The keys in the municipal coat of arms, awarded in 1984, are an attribute of St. Peter for the church patron and namesake of the place. The silver step rafter is taken from the coat of arms of the Grueber von Peterskirchen, an old Bavarian knightly family that had its seat in Peterskirchen.

history

Since the founding of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place was Bavarian until 1779 and came to Austria after the Treaty of Teschen with the Innviertel (then 'Innbaiern'). Briefly Bavarian again during the Napoleonic Wars , since 1814 it has finally belonged to Upper Austria. After the connection of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938, the place to "Upper Danube" belonged. After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

Probably the most important personality in the history of the place, the composer Johann Nepomuk David (1895-1977) worked under the name Hans David from October 1915 to April 1920 as a teacher at the one-class elementary school, interrupted by a short military service in Brno (April to October 1918 ). As his most extensive composition to date, David completed a mass for solos, mixed choir, organ and large orchestra in Peterskirchen in 1917 (still unprinted to this day). Johann Nepomuk David became an honorary citizen of Peterskirchen by unanimous decision with a certificate from September 1965; in June 1971 the local elementary school was inaugurated in his name, which he paid a personal visit in April 1974.

politics

Mayor is Stefan Majer from the ÖVP. The mandate distribution since the 2015 election is ÖVP: 8 and FPÖ: 2 mandates.

Population development

In 1991 the community had 737 inhabitants according to the census, in 2001 it had 708 inhabitants. The decline in population occurred despite the positive birth balance , as emigration was greater. This trend continued until 2011, so that the population fell to 679 people in 2011.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Peterskirchen

• Parish church Peterskirchen

Personalities

• Raimund Jeblinger (1853–1937), architect of historicism

Web links

Commons : Peterskirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Further information about the community of Peterskirchen can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Herbert Erich Baumert: The coats of arms of the cities, markets and communities of Upper Austria, 7th supplement (1984-1987) . In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter, Heft 4, 1988, p. 233, online (PDF; 7.2 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
3. ^ Province of Upper Austria, results of the 2015 elections. Accessed April 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Statistics Austria, A look at the community Peterskirchen, population development. Retrieved April 11, 2019 .