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

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

Geografy

Hills

Waters

Politics

These are the results of the last election of the local government in 2003.

• SPÖ: 14 mandates (57,3 %)
• ÖVP: 9 mandates (34,4 %)
• FPÖ: 2 mandates (8,4 %)

Mayor is Dieter Helms. (SPÖ)

Twin Town

• Altdorf (Germany)

External links

• Official Site of Pinsdorf