Country Austria District Linz-Land Postal code 4490 Area 44 km² Population 5,768 (1 Apr 2009) | State Upper Austria Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area codes 07224, 07223 Elevation 296 m Local time Tuesday 7:06 PM | |
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Sankt Florian is a town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Linz.
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Map of 4490 Sankt Florian, Austria
Sankt Florian is the home of St Florian's Priory, a community of Canons Regular named after Saint Florian and one of the oldest operational monasteries in the world following the Rule of St Augustine. Composer Anton Bruckner (1824–96), who was a choirboy and later organist in the town, is buried beneath the organ inside the monastic church, which was elevated to the rank of basilica minor in 1999.
The town is also known for its boys' choir (St Florianer Sängerknaben), founded in 1071. The choir has been a traditional part of the monastery's worship from its beginning and has contributed significantly to the identity of the town. It has particular responsibility for providing excellence in sacred music for the religious community, but also undertakes successful international concert tours and television appearances.
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Museums
Sankt Florian has a firefighting museum (Historisches Feuerwehrzeughaus; situated in a part of the monastic buildings), a hunting museum (Jagdmuseum Schloss Hohenbrunn) and a museum of farming and local history (Sumerauerhof).