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Ansfelden

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Place in Upper Austria, Austria

Ansfelden
Coat of arms
Ansfelden Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°12′30″N 14°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]
• Total	31.35 km2 (12.10 sq mi)
Elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	16,194
• Density	520/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

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.

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. The city is twinned with the city of CondegainNicaragua.

Population[edit]

Local council (Gemeinderat)[edit]

Seats in the council, Elections 2015:

• FPÖ15
• SPÖ15
• ÖVP5
• The Greens2
• Total 37

Sons and daughters of the city[edit]

• 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).

People with relationship to the city[edit]

• Bernhard Sallmann (born 1967), German filmmaker; grew up in Ansfelden
• Werner Gruber (born 1970), neurophysicist and author; grew up in Ansfelden

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