!!!St. Agatha, Bezirk Grieskirchen

St. Agatha, Upper Austria, municipality in the district of 
Grieskirchen, alt. 603 m, pop. 2,079, 
area 31.76 km%%sup 2/%, small summer tourist destination 
(19,588 overnight stays in 1992) on a plateau between the Aschach 
Oxbow and the Schloegen Oxbow of the River Danube. Small industrial 
enterprises. On May 17, 1626 an army of peasants under the 
command of S.  Fadinger and C.  Zeller set out from here to fight 
against Bavaria's policy of exploitation and seizure of peasants' 
property.


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