Piesendorf

Piesendorf is a municipality with 3825 inhabitants in the Salzburger Land inside the district of Zell am See in Austria. Piesendorf was first mentioned in 1147 as Puesendorf. This name is derived from the Romanesque priest Boso. It is thought from the primary settlements around Nagelköpfl round 1500 BC. In connection with the first documentary point out played Friedrich von Walchen, who become additionally Archbishop of Salzburg, an vital position. 1160 turned into the construction of the primary Walcher citadel. In 1816 got here to 1803 unbiased prince archbishopric Salzburg and with him Piesendorf to Austria and turned into administered till 1848 by means of Linz.

After the revolution in 1848, it got here to the abolition of the challenge courting of the peasants to the landlords and in 1850 to the founding of the network Piesendorf. Previously, the peasantry turned into enslaved and needed to deliver a massive part of the yield to the landlords. The first mayor of Piesendorf turned into elected in 1860. In 1869 already 1352 population have been counted. The first own faculty was constructed in 1880, formerly become taught in the Mesnerhaus.