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.
Population
==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
• 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 ==References==