Ansfelden

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Ansfelden
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Ansfelden
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°12′30″N14°17′20″E / 48.20833°N 14.28889°E / 48.20833; 14.28889 Coordinates: 48°12′30″N14°17′20″E / 48.20833°N 14.28889°E / 48.20833; 14.28889
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Linz-Land
Government
 •  Mayor Manfred Baumberger (SPÖ)
Area
[1]
 • Total31.35 km2 (12.10 sq mi)
Elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total16,194
 • Density520/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4052 and 4053
Area code 07229, 07227 and 0732
Vehicle registration LL
Website www.ansfelden.at
Church Ansfelden Kirche-Ansfelden.jpg
Church Ansfelden

Ansfelden is a town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. The rivers Traun and Krems run through the municipality. The town is perhaps best known for being the birthplace of the composer and organist Anton Bruckner.

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Ansfelden has two museums, the Anton Bruckner Museum and a museum of musical instruments.

In the town's coat of arms, granted on October 28, 1985, the wavy stripe represents the two rivers, the organ pipes the organist and composer Bruckner, and the cog-wheel the town's paper-mills and other older industries. [3]

Between 1945 and 1964 the DP Camp Haid was located in the district Haid.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18692,280—    
18802,491+9.3%
18902,485−0.2%
19002,720+9.5%
19102,780+2.2%
19233,056+9.9%
19343,324+8.8%
19393,646+9.7%
19518,879+143.5%
19617,941−10.6%
197111,074+39.5%
198113,324+20.3%
199114,636+9.8%
200114,789+1.0%
201115,673+6.0%

Local council (Gemeinderat)

Seats in the council, Elections 2015:

Sons and daughters of the city

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Anton Bruckner 1889

People with relationship to the city

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References

  1. ↑ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ Baumert, Herbert Erich (1988). "Die Wappen der Städte, Märkte und Gemeinden Oberösterreichs 7. Nachtrag (1984–1987)" (PDF). Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter (in German). 4: 224. Retrieved 22 January 2020. (Page 9 in the PDF.)
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