St. Georgen am Walde

market community

coat of arms Austria map

Basic data

Country: Austria

State : Upper Austria

Political District : Perg

License plate : PE

Surface: 53.59 km²

Coordinates : 48 ° 22 ' N , 14 ° 54' E Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '39 " N , 14 ° 53' 49" E48.360833333333 14.896944444444 787

Height : 787 m above sea level A.

Residents : 1,965 (January 1, 2020)

Population density : 37 inhabitants per km²

Postal code : 4372

Area code : 07954

Community code : 4 11 19

NUTS region AT313

Address of the
municipal administration: Markt 9
4372 St. Georgen am Walde

Website: www.st.georgen.at

politics

Mayor : Franz Hochstöger (LFH)

Municipal Council : (2015)
(25 members)

10

8th

6th

1

10 8th 6th 1

A total of 25 seats

ÖVP : 10
SPÖ : 8
LFH : 6
GNGN : 1

Location of St. Georgen am Walde in the Perg district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

BW

St. Georgen am Walde (also Sankt Georgen am Walde ) is a market town in Upper Austria in the Perg district in the Mühlviertel with 1965 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). The municipality has been part of the Perg judicial district since 2003 (previously part of the former Grein judicial district ). The location of the responsible district court is in Perg .

geography

St. Georgen am Walde is located at an altitude of 787 m in the Mühlviertel. The extension is from north to south 8.6 km, from west to east 12.1 km. The total area is 53.5 km². 52.1% of the area is forested, 44.7% of the area is used for agriculture.

In terms of area, St. Georgen am Walde is the largest municipality in the Perg district and with the 949 meter high "Burgstall" it also has the highest elevation in the district.

Community structure

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Henndorf (17.86 km²) Linden (19.40 km²) St. Georgen am Walde (16.30 km²)	Ebenedt (ZH) Langegg (R) Steinberger (R) Großerlau (ZH) Ortner (R) Schlager (R) Haruckstein (ZH) Henndorf (ZH) Linden (D) Friesenegg (R) Linden-Scattered Haesers (ZH) Panschab (R) Schöneder (R) On the way (R) Wetzlerhäuser (R) Ober Sankt Georgen Reichenedt (R) Sankt Georgen am Walde (M) Sankt Georgen am Walde-Scattered Houses (ZH) Ottenschlag (D) Brückelwald (R) Ottenschlag-Scattered Houses (ZH) Under Sankt Georgen (ZH)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria -

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

Ebenedt (205) including Langegg and Steinberger
Großerlau (39) including Ortner and Schlager
Haruckstein (91)
Henndorf (100)
Linden (427) including Friesenegg, Linden-Dispersed Houses, Panschab, Unterweg and Wetzlerhäuser
Upper St. Georgen (179)
Ottenschlag (218) including Brückelwald and Ottenschlag-Scattered Houses
St. Georgen am Walde (556)
Under St. Georgen (150)

St. Georgen is a member of the Association for Regional and Tourism Development Mühlviertler Alm .

Neighboring communities

	Königswiesen	Altmelon ( Lower Austria )
Pabneukirchen		Bärnkopf ( Lower Austria )
	Dimbach	Dorfstetten ( Lower Austria )

Town twinning

SpainLalín in Spain
France Lalinde in France since 1974
Germany Linden / Holstein in Germany since 1974
BelgiumLinden / Lubbeek in Belgium since 1974
NetherlandsLinden / Cuijk in the Netherlands since 1974

coat of arms

Official description of the municipal coat of arms: In gold, a green, red armored and fire-breathing, striding dragon. The community colors are green-yellow.

history

Originally located in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the place belonged to the Duchy of Austria since the 12th century. Since 1490 it has been assigned to the Principality of Austria ob der Enns .

During the Napoleonic Wars , the place was occupied several times.

Since 1918 the place belongs to the federal state of Upper Austria. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on March 13, 1938, the place belonged to the Gau Oberdonau . After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria took place.

Population development

1991: 2222 inhabitants
2001: 2235 inhabitants
2009: 2146 inhabitants

politics

The municipal council has a total of 25 seats. With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Upper Austria in 2015 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 10 ÖVP, 8 SPÖ, 6 List Franz Hochstöger (LFH) (with only one seat occupied), and 1 Geht net is net .

mayor

until 2015 Leopold Buchberger (SPÖ)
since 2015 Franz Hochstöger (LFH)

Culture and sights

Web links

Commons : Sankt Georgen am Walde - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on St. Georgen am Walde in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Further information about the municipality of St. Georgen am Walde can be found on the geographic information system of the federal state of Upper Austria .
Map in the Digital Upper Austrian Room Information System ( DORIS )
41119 - St. Georgen am Walde. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Homepage of the market town of St. Georgen am Walde

Individual evidence

↑ The official spelling is specified or shown in the list of the municipalities of the Upper Austrian provincial government on the Internet and on Statistics Austria: A look at the municipality
↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

[1] The official spelling is specified or shown in the list of the municipalities of the Upper Austrian provincial government on the Internet and on Statistics Austria: A look at the municipality

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_Ortschaft_QUELLE-2] Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )