Waizenkirchen

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Waizenkirchen
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Waizenkirchen
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°19′49″N13°51′30″E / 48.33028°N 13.85833°E / 48.33028; 13.85833
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Grieskirchen
Government
 •  Mayor Fabian Grüneis (ÖVP)
Area
[1]
 • Total34.25 km2 (13.22 sq mi)
Elevation
367 m (1,204 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01) [2]
 • Total3,729
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4730
Area code 07277
Vehicle registration GR
Website www.waizenkirchen.at

Waizenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

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Geography

Waizenkirchen lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 10 percent of the municipality is forest, and 80 percent is farmland.

History

On 4 May 1945, when a parked tank at the 1st Battalion Command Post caught fire, putting nearby vehicles at risk from flames and exploding ammunition, Technician 5th Grade Eugene B. Spade from Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart's 261st Infantry Regiment raced through bursting 90-mm shells and .50 caliber cartridges to prevent a disaster.

Mary, Help of Christians, Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church, Waizenkirchen Waizenkirchen - Altarbild.jpg
Mary, Help of Christians, Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church, Waizenkirchen
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Parish Church

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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.



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