Editing Ansfelden

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{{Infobox settlement
| name            = Ansfelden
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| settlement_type = [[Municipality (Austria)|Municipality]]
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States of Austria|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Upper Austria]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Linz-Land District|Linz-Land]]
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| leader_title  = [[Burgomaster|Mayor]]
| leader_name   = Christian Partoll
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| utc_offset        = +1
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| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of Austria|LL]]
| postal_code_type   = [[List of postal codes in Austria|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 4052 and 4053
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| area_code      = 07229, 07227 and 0732
| website   = [http://www.ansfelden.at/ www.ansfelden.at]
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[[File:Kirche-Ansfelden.jpg|thumb|150px|Church Ansfelden]]
'''Ansfelden''' is a [[town]] in the [[Austria]]n state of [[Upper Austria]]. The rivers [[Traun (river)|Traun]] and [[Krems (Upper Austria)|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 [[museum]]s, 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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baumert |first1=Herbert Erich |title=Die Wappen der Städte, Märkte und Gemeinden Oberösterreichs 7. Nachtrag (1984–1987) |journal=Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter |date=1988 |volume=4 |page=224 |url=https://www.ooegeschichte.at/fileadmin/media/migrated/bibliografiedb/hbl1988_4_217-254_01.pdf |accessdate=22 January 2020 |language=de}} (Page 9 in the PDF.)</ref>

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]].
==Population==
{{Historical populations
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|1869|2280
|1880|2491
|1890|2485
|1900|2720
|1910|2780
|1923|3056
|1934|3324
|1939|3646
|1951|8879
|1961|7941
|1971|11074
|1981|13324
|1991|14636
|2001|14789
|2011|15673
}}
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==Local council (Gemeinderat)==
Seats in the council, Elections 2015:
*[[FPÖ]] 15
*[[SPÖ]] 15
*[[ÖVP]]  5
*[[The Greens – The Green Alternative|The Greens]] 2 
*Total 37

==Sons and daughters of the city==
[[File:Anton bruckner.jpg|thumb|120px|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==

* 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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