Peuerbach is a town in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, in Grieskirchen (district) in the

n state of

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, an ...

. On the 6th November 2016 there was a vote on whether Peuerbach would be merged with the neighbouring municipalities of

Bruck-Waasen Bruck-Waasen was a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Bruck-Waasen was lying in the Hausruckviertel The Hausruckviertel (literally German for the ''Hausruck'' quarter or district) i ...

and

Steegen Steegen is a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Steegen lies in the Hausruckviertel The Hausruckviertel (literally German for the ''Hausruck'' quarter or district) is an Austrian r ...

. 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.''

Population

Personalities

Georg von Peuerbach Georg von Peuerbach (also Purbach, Peurbach; la, Purbachius; born May 30, 1423 – April 8, 1461) was an Austrian astronomer, poet, mathematician and instrument maker, best known for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the ''Th ...

(1423-1461), famous astronomer *

Klaus Klaffenböck Klaus Klaffenböck (born 24 July 1968 in Peuerbach, Austria) is an Austrian World Champion in the FIM World Sidecar Championship, and former team-principal of ''Klaffi Honda'' World Superbike squad running Alex Barros, Frankie Chili and Max N ...

sidecar A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. A motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a ''combination'', an ''outfit'', a ''rig'' or a ''hack''. ...

racing world champion *

Doris Schmidauer Doris Schmidauer (born 21 September 1963) is an Austrian environmentalist and party official for the Green Party. Schmidauer has served as the First Lady of Austria since January 2017 as the wife of Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen. ...

, First Lady of Austria.

References

Cities and towns in Grieskirchen District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub