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{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Leonding
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| settlement_type                 = [[Municipality (Austria)|Municipality]]
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| image_caption                   = [[Saint Michael]]'s church, Leonding
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [[Austria]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[States of Austria|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Upper Austria]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[District (Austria)|District]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Linz-Land District|Linz-Land]]
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| leader_title                    = [[Burgomaster|Mayor]]
| leader_name                     = Walter Brunner
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| postal_code                     = 4060
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| area_code                       = 0732
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'''Leonding''' ({{IPA|de|ˈleːɔ̯nd̥iŋ|-|De-Leonding.ogg}}) is a town southwest of [[Linz]] in the [[States of Austria|Austrian]] state of [[Upper Austria]]. It borders [[Puchenau]] and the river [[Danube]] 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|Linz-Land district]] and the fourth most populous town in Upper Austria.

It is very close to Linz and offers views of the [[Alps]] 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 (Austria)|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]] lived in Leonding where he attended the local primary school and later a grammar school in nearby Linz. The graves of his parents [[Alois Hitler|Alois]] and [[Klara Hitler|Klara]] are in Leonding. His brother Edmund, who died of measles, was buried there too.<ref>Anna Rosmus ''Hitlers Nibelungen'', Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 120f</ref> A delegation of Passau National Socialists visited the family's grave illegally.<ref>Anna Rosmus ''Hitlers Nibelungen'', Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 121</ref> 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.<ref>Anna Rosmus ''Hitlers Nibelungen'', Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 122</ref>

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==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1869|2250
|1880|2378
|1890|3016
|1900|3829
|1910|4365
|1923|4762
|1934|5235
|1939|5771
|1951|6832
|1961|11211
|1971|14968
|1981|19389
|1991|21209
|2001|22203
|2011|25295
|2018|28698
}}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:

{| class="prettytable" style="text-align:center" width="500px"
|- style="background:#A0A0A0;"
! width="150px"| Party
! width="80px"| Vote share
! width="50px"| ''<small>change</small>''
! width="100px"| Seats in the Gemeinderat
! width="40px"| ''<small>change</small>''
! width="80px"| Seats in the Stadtrat
|- style="background:#FF8B8B;"
|[[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]]||   33,84  % || ''<small>- 9,23 %</small>'' || 13 || ''<small>-4</small>'' || 4
|- style="background:#C0C0FF;"
|[[Freedom Party of Austria|FPÖ]]|| 23,39 % || ''<small>+ 9,92 %</small>'' || 9 || ''<small>+4</small>'' || 2
|- style="background:#c0c0c0;"
|[[Austrian People's Party|ÖVP]]||  22,27 % || ''<small>- 6,80 %</small>'' || 8 || ''<small>-3</small>'' || 2
|- style="background:#c7e876;"
|[[The Greens – The Green Alternative|The Greens - The Green Alternative]]|| 13,64 % || ''<small>+ 2,05 %</small>'' || 5 || ''<small>+1</small>'' || 1
|- style="background:#FFCBCB;"
|[[NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum|NEOS]] || 5,97 % || ''<small>+ 5,97 %</small>'' || 2 || ''<small>+2</small>'' || 0
|}
Total: 37 seats

==Mayors==

{| class="prettytable"
! style="background:#EFEFEF" align="center" colspan="4" | Mayors since 1945
|- style="background:#EFEFEF"
! Name
! Party
! Term of office

|- style="background:#FFE8E8;"
 || Josef Lehner
|align="center" | SPÖ
|align="center" | 1946-1961
|- style="background:#FFE8E8;"
 || Franz Klafböck
|align="center" |  SPÖ
|align="center" | 1961-1968
|- style="background:#FFE8E8;"
 || Leopold Finster
|align="center" | SPÖ
|align="center" | 1968-1982
|- style="background:#FFE8E8;"
 || Leopold Kronsteiner
|align="center" | SPÖ
|align="center" | 1982-1997
|- style="background:#FFE8E8;"
 || Herbert Sperl
|align="center" | SPÖ
|align="center" | 1997-2008
|- style="background:#FFE8E8;"
 || Walter Brunner
|align="center" | SPÖ
|align="center" | since 2008
|}

==See also==
* [[Oberösterreich]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* [http://www.leonding.at Official Homepage]

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