Perg

Perg is a city in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, capital of the district of the same name.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Perg
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Stadtpfarrkirche Perg.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Parish Church of Saint James the Elder
Settlement.image_shield: AUT Perg COA.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Perg district
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Austria

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History
Population
Main sights
References

Perg is a city in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, capital of the district of the same name.

==History== Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria, Perg belonged to Austria from the 12th century on. In 1269 it received commercial privileges from King Ottokar II of Bohemia (also duke of Austria), and from 1490 it was part of the Principality of Austria on the Ems. Autonomous from 1542, it was occupied several times during the Napoleonic Wars.