Waizenkirchen

Waizenkirchen
Waizenkirchen
	Coat of arms
	Location in the district
	Waizenkirchen Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 48°19′49″N 13°51′30″E
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Grieskirchen
Government
• Mayor	Fabian Grüneis (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	34.25 km2 (13.22 sq mi)
Elevation	367 m (1,204 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	3,729
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4730
Area code	07277
Vehicle registration	GR
Website	www.waizenkirchen.at

Waizenkirchen is a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Waizenkirchen lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 10 percent of the municipality is forest, and 80 percent is farmland.

History

On May 4, 1945, when a parked tank at the 1st Battalion Command Post caught fire, putting nearby vehicles at risk from flames and exploding ammunition, Technician 5th Grade Eugene B. Spade from Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart's 261st Infantry Regiment raced through bursting 90-mm shells and .50 caliber cartridges to prevent a disaster.

Mary, Help of Christians, Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church, Waizenkirchen

Parish Church

References

"Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
"Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

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[wikidata-f3373d889b3e667af72d1979ec2c3615f4e35537-v3-1] "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[wikidata-e49e74cba12ebc857db3ff1e3141c6ab850aaa31-v3-2] "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.