!!!Gunskirchen

Gunskirchen, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Wels-Land, 
alt. 352 m, pop. 4,961 (1981: pop. 4,371), area 
36.19 km%%sup 2/%, industrial and commercial market town on the 
Gruenbach stream southwest of Wels. - Centre of cultural and 
commercial activities; approx. 69 % of the working population 
(1991) employed in the manufacturing industry: engine factory 
(combustion and aeroplane engines), construction of mill machinery and 
equipment, production of façade panels and plastic parts, 2 
window manufacturers (plastics and wood), cast-stone works, bituminous 
mixing plant, paper-processing industry, production of corrugated 
cardboard and cardboard packaging, printing works, construction of 
trailers, gravel works, sawmill and production of wooden prefabs; also 
medium-sized to large commercial enterprises (wedding dresses, motor 
vehicles, etc.). - Late Gothic parish church with stellar and 
reticulated vaults and neo-Gothic interior, some sculptures from the 
15%%sup th/%  - 18%%sup th/%  centuries.


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