Leonding () is a city southwest of
Linz
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In 2009, it was a European Capital ...
in the
Austrian
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state of
Upper Austria
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. It borders
Puchenau
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and the river
Danube
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in the north,
Wilhering
Wilhering (Central Bavarian: ''Wilaring'') is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Its slogan is "culture and life". There is the Wilhering Abbey, a Cistercian Abbey, and a Rococo church, and woods ar ...
and
Pasching
Pasching is a municipality in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is situated a few miles southwest of Linz and borders Leonding, Hörsching, Wilhering and Traun.
Situated along the famous ''shopping mile'' the Kremstal Straße, it is t ...
in the west,
Traun
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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
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and the fourth most populous city in Upper Austria.
It is very close to Linz and offers views of the
Alps
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and therefore attracts the upper social classes for living without providing much infrastructure on its own. Due to the proximity of Linz and transport connections (like
West railway,
Westautobahn
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, ''B1 Wiener Straße'' or
Linz Airport
Linz Airport (german: link=no, Flughafen Linz, ) is a minor international airport located in Hörsching, near Linz, the third-largest city in Austria. It is also known as the Blue Danube Airport.
History Early years
Air traffic used to take p ...
) it attracts companies like
Rosenbauer
The Rosenbauer Group is one of the world’s three largest manufacturers of fire-service vehicles and firefighting equipment, based in Leonding, Austria.
Rosenbauer supplies the fire fighting sector in over 100 countries with a wide range of cus ...
, Ebner Industrieofenbau, Poloplast or Neuson. Other major employers are the
UNO Shopping
The UNO Shopping was a shopping mall in Leonding, Upper Austria and is located southwest of Linz
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Center (approximately 850 jobs) as well as the
Plus City
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Shopping Center (approximately 2200 jobs).
From 1898 to 1905
Adolf Hitler
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lived in Leonding where he attended the local primary school and later a grammar school in nearby Linz. The graves of his parents
Alois
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and
Klara are in Leonding. His brother Edmund, who died of measles, was buried there too. A delegation of Passau National Socialists visited the family's grave illegally. 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.
[Anna Rosmus ''Hitlers Nibelungen'', Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 122]
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
The Town of Leonding grew rapidly since the year 2000 and the Population in 2018 was 28,698 jumping up from 22,203 in 2001. This rapid growth was mainly due to affordable, decently sized homes that were much cheaper than those in neighboring Linz. Leonding is also a very attractive living area for middle class Families which is another reason for the speedy growth.
Local council
The elections in 2015 showed the following results:
Total: 37 seats
Mayors
See also
*
Oberösterreich
Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...
References
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Populated places on the Danube
Cities and towns in Linz-Land District