Gallneukirchen

Infobox Town AT
name=Gallneukirchen
image_coa = Wappen at gallneukirchen.png

state = Upper Austria
lat_deg =48
lat_min =21
lat_sec =11.61
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=14
lon_min=24
lon_sec=58.57
lon_hem=E
district = Urfahr-Umgebung
population = 6281
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
pop_dens = 1,207
area = 5.2
elevation = 337
postal_code = 4210
area_code = 07235
licence = UU
people = 20
mayor = Walter Böck
cats = 427
cats_as_of = 2005-12-31
dogs = 112
dogs_as_of = 2005-12-31
website = [http://www.gallneukirchen.at www.gallneukirchen.at]

Gallneukirchen is a small city in Upper Austria, Austria and is part of the district "Urfahr-Umgebung" with an official population of 6281.

Motto

"Experience the city enjoy the land - "Stadt erleben Land genießen (original)"

History

In the year 1125 the place is mentioned for the first time in a documentary as "Novenkirchen". At this time Gallneukirchen was just a market. Originally lying in the East part of the duchy Bavaria (Germany), the place belonged since the 12th century to the duchy "Austria". In the year 1211 the market falls to the diocese Passau for 200 years. In 1411 the brothers Caspar and Gundakar bought it from the Starhemberg family. Since 1490 it belongs to the principality "Österreich ob der Enns".
During the Napoleonic war the place was occupied several times. Since that time it 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.

Inhabitant expansion

City partnership

*Northeim in German.

Environment and infrastructure

Traffic

* motorway A7 Mühlkreis Autobahn
* Busline

Public facilities

* big open air swimming pool with red slide
* Senior living and care center
* Youth center

Accumulation

* Kindergarten
* Schools

Schools

There are eight schools in the Gallneukirchen:

* one primary schools,
* one elementary school,
* two Middle Schools (HS1, HS2),
* one polytechnical school (located in Riedegg 2 km away from Gallneukirchen),
* one high school with focus on training for people who take care of people with disabilities (LHB),
* one school for people with disabilities (Martin Boos Schule)
* and one musik school (located in the VS2).

Kindergarten

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

Personalities

Honorary citizen

* Walter Hanl Goldmedal Judoka

Sports

* SVG: With almost 2,000 members in 15 sections, the sports club Gallneukirchen (SVG [http://www.svg.at/] ) is the largest of the "Urfahr Umgebung" district. It consists the sections soccer, tennis, skiing, judo, chess, disabled sports, stick sports, triathlon, women's gymnastics, handball, athletics, swimming, table tennis and some more.
The association was founded in 1948. Nationally known soccer players like Karl Irndorfer and Michael Mehlem are from Gallneukirchens SVG.
* There are also options to join a climbing club with a climbing hall in the Tennis Center of Gallneukirchen

Bakeries

There are 4 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.