Sankt Radegund

Sankt Radegund

Coat of arms
Sankt Radegund

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°05′48″N 12°45′43″E / 48.09667°N 12.76194°E / 48.09667; 12.76194Coordinates: 48°05′48″N 12°45′43″E / 48.09667°N 12.76194°E / 48.09667; 12.76194
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Braunau am Inn
Government
  Mayor Simon Sigl (ÖVP)
Area
  Total 17.88 km2 (6.90 sq mi)
Elevation 480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 574
  Density 32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5121
Area code 06278
Vehicle registration BR
Website www.st-radegund.at

St. Radegund, also Sankt Radegund is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, named after Saint Radegund. It is situated at the western rim of the Innviertel region, where the Salzach river forms the border to the German state of Bavaria.

Originally a part of the stem duchy of Bavaria, Sankt Radegund together with the Innviertel fell to the Archduchy of Austria according to the rules of the 1779 Treaty of Teschen. The village is known as the birthplace of World War II conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter, who was executed at Brandenburg Prison in 1943.

Geography

Sankt Radegund lies in the Innviertel. About 72 percent of the municipality is forest and 22 percent farmland

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