Buchkirchen

Buchkirchen

Coat of arms
Buchkirchen

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°13′26″N 14°01′12″E / 48.22389°N 14.02000°ECoordinates: 48°13′26″N 14°01′12″E / 48.22389°N 14.02000°E
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Wels-Land
Government
  Mayor Regina Rieder (ÖVP)
Area
  Total 32 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation 346 m (1,135 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 4,035
  Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4611
Area codes 0 72 42
Vehicle registration WL
Website www.buchkirchen.at

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

Geography

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

Neighbouring towns and villages

Scharten Alkoven
Wallern Holzhausen
Krenglbach Wels Marchtrenk

Parts of Buchkirchen

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

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

Population

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

Sights

References

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