Ansfelden

Ansfelden
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Coat of arms of Ansfelden Coat of arms
Ansfelden Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Linz-Land
Government
• Mayor	Manfred Baumberger (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	31.33 km2 (12.10 sq mi)
Elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	15,658
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes	4052 and 4053
Area codes	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 rivers, the organ pipes, the organist and composer Anton 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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,280	—
1880	2,491	+9.3%
1890	2,485	−0.2%
1900	2,720	+9.5%
1910	2,780	+2.2%
1923	3,056	+9.9%
1934	3,324	+8.8%
1939	3,646	+9.7%
1951	8,879	+143.5%
1961	7,941	−10.6%
1971	11,074	+39.5%
1981	13,324	+20.3%
1991	14,636	+9.8%
2001	14,789	+1.0%
2011	15,673	+6.0%

Sons and daughters

• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), composer, organist and teacher of music theory and pipe organ performance
• Josef Schicklgruber (1967), football player (goalkeeper).