Leonding () is a town southwest of
Linz
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in the
Austrian state of
Upper Austria
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. It borders
Puchenau and the river
Danube
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in the north,
Wilhering and
Pasching in the west,
Traun in the south and Linz in the east. Leonding is the most populous town of the
Linz-Land district
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and the fourth most populous town 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, ''B1 Wiener Straße'' or
Linz Airport) it attracts companies like
Rosenbauer, Ebner Industrieofenbau, Poloplast and Neuson. Other major employers are the
UNO Shopping Centre (approximately 850 jobs) as well as the
Plus City Shopping Centre (approximately 2200 jobs).
From 1898 to 1905
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
lived in Leonding where he attended the local primary school and later a grammar school in nearby Linz. The graves of his parents
Alois 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
References
External links
Official Homepage
{{Authority control
Populated places on the Danube
Cities and towns in Linz-Land District