Leonding

Leonding

Saint Michael's church, Leonding
Leonding

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°16′0″N 14°15′0″E / 48.26667°N 14.25000°E / 48.26667; 14.25000Coordinates: 48°16′0″N 14°15′0″E / 48.26667°N 14.25000°E / 48.26667; 14.25000
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Linz-Land
Government
  Mayor Walter Brunner (SPÖ)
Area
  Total 24.05 km2 (9.29 sq mi)
Elevation 289 m (948 ft)
Population (14 June 2016)[1]
  Total 27,393
  Density 1,100/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4060
Area code 0732
Vehicle registration LL
Website www.leonding.at

Leonding [ˈleːɔ̯nd̥iŋ] is a city southwest of Linz in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It borders Puchenau and the river Danube in the north, Wilhering and Pasching in the west, Traun in the south and Linz in the east. With a population of more than 27 thousand people, Leonding is the most populous city of the Linz-Land district and the fourth most populous city in Upper Austria.

It is very close to Linz and offers a beautiful view of the Alps and therefore attracts the upper social classes for living without providing much infrastructure on its own. Due to the proximity of Linz and the good transport connection (like West railway, Westautobahn, B1 Wiener Straße or Linz Airport) it attracts companies like Rosenbauer, Ebner Industrieofenbau, Poloplast or Neuson. Another major employer is the UNO Shopping Center (approximately 850 jobs).

From 1898 to 1905 Adolf Hitler lived in Leonding where he attended the local primary school and later a grammar school in nearby Linz. The graves of his parents Alois and Klara are in Leonding. His brother Edmund, who died of measles, was buried there, too.[2] A delegation of Passau National Socialists visited the family's grave illegally.[3] Hitler visited the grave in 1938. In 2012, when a relative of Alois Hitler's first wife, Anna, did not renew the lease, the grave was dissolved.[4]

In 1903, Hitler's father died when drinking a glass of wine in a guesthouse in Leonding.

Leonding is split up into 22 localities: Aichberg, Alharting, Berg, Bergham, Buchberg, Doppl, Enzenwinkl, Felling, Friesenegg, Gaumberg, Haag, Hart, Holzheim, Imberg, Jetzing, Leonding, Reith, Rufling, St. Isidor, Staudach, Untergaumberg and Zaubertal.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18692,250    
18802,378+5.7%
18903,016+26.8%
19003,829+27.0%
19104,365+14.0%
19234,762+9.1%
19345,235+9.9%
19395,771+10.2%
19516,832+18.4%
196111,211+64.1%
197114,968+33.5%
198119,389+29.5%
199121,209+9.4%
200122,203+4.7%
201125,295+13.9%
201426,395+4.3%

See also

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden, Erstellt am 14.06.2016 (Last accessed 13.12.2016) for Leonding.
  2. Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 120f
  3. Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 121
  4. Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 122
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