Perg
town in Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
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.
Population
Main sights
Einhorn, a large unicorn sculpture inspired to the city's coat of arms.
Seifensiederhaus (workshop and home of a soap boiler), built in 1563.
The Late Baroque Kalvarienbergkirche (Church of the Calvary Hill, 1734–1735)
Pranger (pillory), a column in the main square of the city, built in 1587.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Perg” as town in Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q260186. VIAF identifies the subject as 239621818. The Library of Congress control number is no2011034717. Authority coordinates are 48.250, 14.634. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1269, 1490, 1542 and 1563.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Perg”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Perg primary sources, Perg archive and Perg research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Perg”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Perg” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.