Peuerbach

Peuerbach is a town in Austria, in Grieskirchen (district) in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Peuerbach
Municipality
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 [1]
• Total	39.4 km2 (15.2 sq mi)
Elevation	390 m (1,280 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	4,483
• Density	110/km2 (290/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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
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]