Purten
Pürten is a parish village which is part of the Gemeindeteil and a Gemarkung of the town of Waldkraiburg in the district of Mühldorf am Inn in Bavaria, Germany. Purten is the site of a post World War II American sector displaced person camp.
Pürten became an independent rural municipality with the municipal edict of 1818, which was incorporated into Waldkraiburg on January 1, 1974.[1]
Geography
[edit]Pürten is divided into an upper village (Oberdorf, with the parish and pilgrimage church) and a lower village (Unterdorf) situated on the edge of a terrace overlooking the Inn River.
The Pürten district (09 8849) covers 8.539 km² and has 1,163 inhabitants.[2]
Coat of arms
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Divided; above in three rows cloud-like shapes of blue and silver, below in black two six-pointed golden stars side by side.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt (Hrsg.): Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1, S. 582 (Federal and State Statistical Library)
- ↑ "Gemarkung Pürten (Waldkraiburg) / Bayern". Geoindex.io. 2026-02-27.
- ↑ Schreiben der Regierung von Oberbayern vom 12. Juli 1972 (Nr. II A 4-8001 a 8)
48°12′N 12°26′E / 48.200°N 12.433°E
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