Sankt Florian

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Sankt Florian St. Florian
Coat of arms
Sankt Florian Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°12′32″N 14°22′46″E / 48.20889°N 14.37944°E / 48.20889; 14.37944
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Linz-Land
Government
• Mayor	Robert Franz Zeitlinger (ÖVP)
Area [1]
• Total	44.17 km2 (17.05 sq mi)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	6,176
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4490
Area code	07224, 07223
Vehicle registration	LL
Website	Official website

Sankt Florian (also Florian or St. Florian) is a town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Linz.

Sankt Florian is the home of St. Florian Monastery, a community of Canons Regular named after Saint Florian and one of the oldest operational monasteries in the world following the Rule of St. Augustine. Composer Anton Bruckner (1824–96), who was a choirboy and later organist in the town, is buried beneath the organ inside the monastic church, which was elevated to the rank of basilica minor in 1999.^[3]