Ansfelden is a town in Upper Austria, located 289 meters above sea level, with a population of about 15300. The rivers Traun and Krems run through the municipality. The town is perhaps best known for being the birthplace of the composer and organist Anton Bruckner. Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland. ... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... Austria is divided into 84 political districts (Bezirke). ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... Format The postal code consists of four digits. ... Austrian car number plates are license plates found on Austrian cars. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... For other uses of Traun see Traun (disambiguation). ... Krems is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, at the end of Wachau valley. ... Anton Bruckner Anton Bruckner (September 4, 1824 – October 11, 1896) was an Austrian composer of the Romantic era. ...

Ansfelden has two museums, the Anton Bruckner Museum and a museum of musical instruments. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...

The town was granted a coat of arms on October 28, 1985. It consists of a shield with a wavy white line running diagonally, representing two rivers. Above that wavy line, there is a green field with organ pipes over it, representing Anton Bruckner, and below the wavy line, there is a red field with a wheel, representing the city's industries, such as paper mills. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...