Taufkirchen an der Pram

Taufkirchen an der Pram

Coat of arms
Taufkirchen an der Pram
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°25′00″N 13°32′00″E / 48.41667°N 13.53333°E / 48.41667; 13.53333Coordinates: 48°25′00″N 13°32′00″E / 48.41667°N 13.53333°E / 48.41667; 13.53333
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Schärding
Government
  Mayor Paul Freund (ÖVP)
Area
  Total 29.15 km2 (11.25 sq mi)
Elevation 338 m (1,109 ft)
Population (14 June 2016)[1]
  Total 2,942
  Density 100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 4775
Area code 07719
Vehicle registration SD
Website www.taufkirchen-pram.at

Taufkirchen an der Pram is a municipality in the district of Schärding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Taufkirchen lies in the Innviertel. About 12 percent of the municipality is forest, and 79 percent is farmland.

Personalities

  • Peter Kubelka (born 1934), Austrian experimental filmmaker and artist, spent his childhood in Taufkirchen an der Pram
  • Josef Mayer (1868-1940), Austrian politician and mayor of Taufkirchen
  • Lukas Weißhaidinger (born 1992), athlete, discus thrower, lives in Taufkirchen on the Pram

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