Pinsdorf
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| Pinsdorf | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Austria |
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| State | Upper Austria |
| District | Gmunden |
| Mayor | Dieter Helms (SPÖ) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 12.47 km² (4.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 493 m (1618 ft) |
| Population | 3,523 (01/01/2004) |
| - Density | 283 /km² (732 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | GM |
| Postal code | 4812 |
| Area code | 07612 |
| Website | 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
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[edit] 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
[edit] Geografy
[edit] Hills
In Pinsdorf there are some small hills, for example the Pinsdorfberg, the Gmundnerberg, the Vöcklaberg and the Kronberg.
[edit] Waters
The river Aurach flows through Pinsdorf.
[edit] Politics
These are the results of the last election of the local government in 2003.
Mayor is Dieter Helms. (SPÖ)
[edit] Twin Town
[edit] External links
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