Sankt Florian

The home of St. Florian Monastery, a community of Canons Regular named after Saint Florian and one of the oldest operational monasteries in the world following the Rule of St. 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.

• Name — Sankt Florian • Native Name — St. Florian • Settlement Type — Municipality • Image Skyline — Zeugner Öst Großl 075 Alpenvorland St. Florian.jpg • Image Shield — Coat of arms St Florian.svg • Shield Size — 80x110px • Pushpin Map — Austria • Pushpin Mapsize — 270 • Pushpin Map Caption — Location within Austria • Map Caption — Location within Linz-Land district • 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 — Robert Franz Zeitlinger • Leader Party — Austria • Area Footnotes — area_footnotes • Area Total Km2 — area_total_km2 • Elevation M — 296 • Population As Of — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Population Total — population_total • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — CET • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset — +1 • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Registration Plate — LL • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 4490 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 07224, 07223 • Website — Official website Sankt Florian (also Florian or St. Florian) is a town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Linz. Sankt Florian is the home of St. Florian Monastery, 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 sacred music for the religious community, but also undertakes successful international concert tours and television appearances.

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).