Country Austria District Urfahr-Umgebung Area code 07235 Elevation 337 m Local time Friday 1:49 AM | State Upper Austria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Vehicle registration UU Population 6,278 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 4210 | |
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Gallneukirchen is a small city in the Austrian state of Upper Austria and is part of the district Urfahr-Umgebung.
Contents
- Map of Gallneukirchen Austria
- Motto
- History
- Geography
- Rivers
- Constitution of the town council
- City partnership
- Traffic
- Public facilities
- Accumulation
- Schools
- Kindergarten
- Honorary citizens
- Sports
- Bakeries
- References
Map of Gallneukirchen, Austria
Motto
Experience the city enjoy the land – "Stadt erleben Land genießen (original)"
History
In the year 1125, it was mentioned for the first time in a documentary as "Novenkirchen". At that time Gallneukirchen was just a market. Originally lying in the East part of the duchy of Bavaria (Germany), in the 12th century it belonged to the duchy "Austria", and in the year 1211, the market was included in the diocese of Passau for the next 200 years. In 1411, the brothers Caspar and Gundakar bought it from the Starhemberg family. Since 1490, it has belonged to the principality of "Österreich ob der Enns".
During the Napoleonic wars it was occupied several times, and now belongs to Upper Austria.
From 1832 to 1872 the Horse railway transported Goods and persons through Gallneukirchen.
In 1985 Gallneukirchen became a European municipality and 1992 Gallneukirchen incurred a partnership with Northeim in Lower Saxony.
The last large change was when Gallneukirchen became a city on 5 March 2001.
Geography
Gallneukirchen is at a height of 337 m at the lower part of the Mühlviertel. The dimension from north to south are 2.9 km and from west to east are 3 km.
Rivers
The river Gusen flows through Gallneukirchen.
Constitution of the town council
Election results of 28 September 2003
eligible to vote: 4609 +597, valid votes: 3480 +397, invalid: 110 −20, voter turnout: 77,9% −0,2%
City partnership
Traffic
Public facilities
Accumulation
Schools
There are eight schools in the Gallneukirchen:
Kindergarten
There are two kindergartens. One is located at the top of the "Linzerberg"
Honorary citizens
Sports
The association was founded in 1948. Nationally known soccer players like Karl Irndorfer and Michael Mehlem are from Gallneukirchens SVG.
Bakeries
There are four bakeries in Gallneukirchen. Two are on the mainroad, Gammer and Haslinger. One is at the marketplace, Brunner. And one bakery of the Knott chain is next to the mainroad.