Sankt Georgen

St Georgen lies in the Attergau, near the northern shore of Lake Attersee. Once known as Attergaudorf, the settlement took its later name from a church dedicated to St George. It became a judicial seat in 1264, and after the Habsburgs acquired the Bamberg estates in the Attergau in 1379 the centre of local lordship moved to the higher ground of Kogl. St Georgen received market status in 1463. Its large parish church was built between 1389 and 1406, with a defensive tower erected before the nave.