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Buchkirchen

Coordinates: 48°13′26″N 14°01′12″E / 48.22389°N 14.02000°E / 48.22389; 14.02000
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Buchkirchen
Coat of arms of Buchkirchen
Buchkirchen is located in Austria
Buchkirchen
Buchkirchen
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°13′26″N 14°01′12″E / 48.22389°N 14.02000°E / 48.22389; 14.02000
CountryAustria
StateUpper Austria
DistrictWels-Land
Government
 • MayorNikon Baumgartner (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total32.17 km2 (12.42 sq mi)
Elevation
346 m (1,135 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total4,038
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4611
Area code0 72 42
Vehicle registrationWL
Websitewww.buchkirchen.at

Buchkirchen is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

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Buchkirchen lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 10.9% of the municipality is forest, and 76.9% is farmland.

Parts of Buchkirchen

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Those parts are called Ortschaften in German:

Buchkirchen, Elend, Ennsberg, Epping, Hörling, Haberfelden, Hartberg, Hochscharten, Holzwiesen, Hundsham, Hupfau, Kandlberg, Lachgraben, Luckermair, Mistelbach bei Wels, Niedergrafing, Niederhocherenz, Niederlaab, Obergrafing, Oberhocherenz, Oberperwend, Oberprisching, Ottenham, Radlach, Öhnerhäuser, Ötzing, Schickenhäuser, Schnadt, Sommerfeld, Spengenedt, Unterholz, Wörist, Wolfsgrub.

History

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In 1179 Buchkirchen was mentioned in a document of Pope Alexander III. In those years Buchkirchen was named as "Puechkirchen".

In the late 1960s, the two chefs, Herbert Schuh and Franz Thalhammer, invented the Austrian dish Käsekrainer in Buchkirchen. Since then, the sausage has been well established in Austrian cuisine and gained great popularity within and beyond Austria.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
19913,187—    
20013,648+14.5%

Sights

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  • The church Pfarrkirche Buchkirchen
  • The church Filialkirche Mistelbach
  • The castle Schloss Mistelbach (Schloss = German for Castle)The castle is now a school called Fachschule ÖKO Wirtschaft und design

References

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  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ Famler, Erik (24 October 2024). ""Wir sind die Erfinder der Original-Käsekrainer"". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten.