History

The name originates from perenica and a brook. The name is of Slavic

Slavic languages

The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...

 origin. The Celt

Celt

The Celts were a diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.The earliest archaeological culture commonly accepted as Celtic, or rather Proto-Celtic, was the central European Hallstatt culture , named for the rich grave finds in Hallstatt, Austria....

s arrived before the Slavs.

The name was first mentioned in 1165 in the Falkensteiner Codex. In 1679, the plague affected Pernitz and four years later in1683, the Second Turkish Siege happened.

In 1828, a road was built to the near Triestingtal. The Piestingtalbahn was built in 1877. Pernitz received water in 1904 and later, electricity in 1908.

It became a market town in 1961.

The local football club is called Sc Ortmann, taking its name from the nearby toilet paper and tissue factory.

Economics

Agriculture dominates the area. A paper mill named SCA is also a popular place for tourism.