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Country
  
Austria

District
  
Linz-Land

Postal codes
  
4052 and 4053

Elevation
  
289 m

Population
  
16,035 (1 Jan 2016)

State
  
Upper Austria

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area codes
  
07229, 07227 and 0732

Area
  
31.33 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 6:36 AM

Ansfelden

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 88% Humidity

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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Map of Ansfelden, Austria

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 rivers, the organ pipes, the organist and composer Anton Bruckner, and the cog-wheel, the town's paper-mills and other older industries.

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

Local council (Gemeinderat)

Seats in the council, Elections 2015:

  • FPÖ 15
  • SPÖ 15
  • ÖVP 5
  • The Greens 2
  • Total 37
  • Sons and daughters

  • Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), composer, organist and teacher of music theory and pipe organ performance
  • Walter Wimmer (1919–2003), politician (SPÖ) and member of parliament
  • Hermann Aichmair (born 1924), university professor, author, painter and sculptor
  • Hermann Krist (born 1959), politician (SPÖ) and member of parliament
  • Josef Schicklgruber (1967), football player (goalkeeper).
  • References

    Ansfelden Wikipedia


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