Pinsdorf is a village in the

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n state of

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in the district of

Gmunden Gmunden () is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden (district), Gmunden. It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of lake, brine, vegetable and pine-c ...

History

The ''Bauernhügel'' is an

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-styled

memorial A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of a ...

in Pinsdorf, constructed to pay tribute to people killed in the brutal Battle of Gmunden between the

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Adam Graf von Herbertstorff and the farmers, who resided in Pinsdorf (German page :de:Oberösterreichischer Bauernkrieg). The farmers fought against the

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. A plaque on the memorial states the remains of the slain farmers are buried under the hill (see below: Coat of arms).

Geography

The river Aurach flows through the village. There are several notable hills in the settlement's immediate surroundings, including the ''Pinsdorfberg'', the ''Gmundnerberg'', the ''Vöcklaberg'' and the ''Kronberg''.

Local Outline

The municipality includes the following 10 villages (in brackets population as of January 1, 2018): * Buchen (438) * Großkufhaus (591) * Innergrub (227) * Moos (172) * Neuhofen (153) * Pinsdorf (1240) * Pinsdorfberg (159) * Steinbichl (211) * Wiesen (558) * Wolfsgrub (100)

Population

Politics

The results of the last election of the local government in 2015: *

SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

: 9 mandates (38,42%) *

ÖVP The Austrian People's Party (german: Österreichische Volkspartei , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since December 2021, the party has been led provisionally by Karl Nehammer. It is currentl ...

: 5 mandates (19,30%) *

FPÖ The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Austria. It was led by Norbert Hofer from September 2019 to 1 June 2021.Staff (1 June 2021"Aust ...

: 11 mandates (42,29%) Dieter Helms (

) is the current mayor of Pinsdorf. The current vice-mayor is Christa Schiemel(

)

Twin town

* Altdorf (

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)

References

External links

Official Site of Pinsdorf
Cities and towns in Gmunden District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub