Ansfelden
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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Overview
Overview
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. Between 1945 and 1964, the DP Camp Haid was located in the district Haid. The city is twinned with the city of Condega in Nicaragua.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ansfelden • Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 80x110px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Austria • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Upper Austria • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Linz-Land • Parts Style — para • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Christian Partoll • Elevation M — 289 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset — +1 • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Registration Plate — LL • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 4052 and 4053 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 07229, 07227 and 0732 • Website — www.ansfelden.at • Illustration — Church Ansfelden
Population
Population
Largest groups of foreign residents • Nationality || Population (2025) • Romania — 1088 • Bosnia and Herzegovina — 776 • Croatia — 573 • Turkey — 557 • Hungary — 275 • Germany — 234 • Syria — 144 • Serbia — 133 • Slovenia — 112 • Slovakia — 110 • Bulgaria — 89 • Czech Republic — 52 • Iraq — 51 • Italy — 44 • Ukraine — 42 • Poland — 33
Local council (Gemeinderat)
Local council (Gemeinderat)
Seats in the council, Elections 2015: • FPÖ 15 • SPÖ 15 • ÖVP 5 • The Greens 2 • Total 37
Sons and daughters of the city
Sons and daughters of the city
• Illustration — Anton Bruckner 1889 • 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
People with relationship to the city
• 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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