Gunskirchen

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Gunskirchen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Gunskirchen
Gunskirchen (Austria)
Gunskirchen
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Upper Austria
District Wels-Land
Mayor Karl Grünauer (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area 36 km² (13.9 sq mi)
Elevation 352 m  (1155 ft)
Population 5,375  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 149 /km² (387 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WL
Postal code 4623
Area code 07246
Website www.gunskirchen.com

Coordinates: 48°08′04″N 13°56′35″E / 48.13444, 13.94306

Gunskirchen is a town in Upper Austria, Austria. The village has 5,296 inhabitants (as of the May 15, 2001 census). The mayor is Karl Grünauer of the Social Democratic Party of Austria.

During World War II one of the sub-camps of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp was located in the village.

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