Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg

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Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg

Coat of arms
Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg is located in Austria
Sankt Georgen bei Salzburg
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°59′00″N 12°53′00″E / 47.98333°N 12.88333°E / 47.98333; 12.88333Coordinates: 47°59′00″N 12°53′00″E / 47.98333°N 12.88333°E / 47.98333; 12.88333
Country Austria
State Salzburg
District Salzburg-Umgebung
Government
 • Mayor Fritz Amerhauser (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 25 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation 403 m (1,322 ft)
Population (1 January 2012)[1]
 • Total 2,866
 • Density Bad rounding here110/km2 (Bad rounding here300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5113
Area code 06272
Vehicle registration SL
Website www.st-georgen.salzburg.at

Sankt Georgen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the state of Salzburg in Austria.

Overview[edit]

On July 19, 1797 the artist Gunter Demnig installed two Stolpersteine for Johann Nobis and his brother Matthias Nobis in front of their birth house in Holzhausen at the invitation of Andreas Maislinger. Gunter Demnig was a guest of the Arts Initiative KNIE in Oberndorf bei Salzburg. Up to now he set up over 20000 Stolpersteine for victims of the National Socialist regime. In the nearby Sankt Radegund a Stolperstein for the beatiefied Franz Jägerstätter was set up in 2006.

Notable peoples[edit]

Andreas Maislinger, Founder of the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service, born in St. Georgen on February 26, 1955.

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