Gallneukirchen


Gallneukirchen is a small city in the Austrian state of Upper Austria and is part of the district Urfahr-Umgebung.

Motto

Experience the city enjoy the land – "Stadt erleben Land genießen "

History

In the year 1125, it was mentioned for the first time in a documentary as "Novenkirchen". At that time Gallneukirchen was just a market. Originally lying in the East part of the duchy of Bavaria, in the 12th century it belonged to the duchy "Austria", and in the year 1211, the market was included in the diocese of Passau for the next 200 years. In 1411, the brothers Caspar and Gundakar bought it from the Starhemberg family. Since 1490, it has belonged to the principality of "Österreich ob der Enns".

During the Napoleonic wars it was occupied several times, and now belongs to Upper Austria.

From 1832 to 1872 the Horse railway transported Goods and persons through Gallneukirchen.

In 1985 Gallneukirchen became a European municipality and 1992 Gallneukirchen incurred a partnership with Northeim in Lower Saxony.

The last large change was when Gallneukirchen became a city on 5 March 2001.

Population

Geography

Gallneukirchen is at a height of 337 m at the lower part of the Mühlviertel. The dimension from north to south are 2.9 km and from west to east are 3 km.

Surface distribution


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Neighbours

Rivers

The river Gusen flows through Gallneukirchen.

Policy

Constitution of the town council

Election results of 28 September 2003
eligible to vote: 4609 +597, valid votes: 3480 +397, invalid: 110 −20, voter turnout: 77,9% −0,2%

City partnership

Traffic

There are eight schools in the Gallneukirchen:

There are two kindergartens. One is located at the top of the "Linzerberg"

Personalities

Honorary citizens

The association was founded in 1948. Nationally known soccer players like Karl Irndorfer and Michael Mehlem are from Gallneukirchens SVG.
There are four bakeries in Gallneukirchen. Two are on the mainroad, Gammer and Haslinger. One is at the marketplace, Brunner. And one bakery of the Knott chain is next to the mainroad.