Kirchstetten

Kirchstetten is a town in district of Sankt Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Kirchstetten
Municipality
Coat of arms
Kirchstetten Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°11′N 15°49′E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Sankt Pölten-Land
Government
• Mayor	Johann Dill
Area [1]
• Total	17.76 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	2,189
• Density	123.3/km2 (319.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3062
Area code	02743
Website	http://www.kirchstetten.at

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	1,358	—
1981	1,451	+6.8%
1991	1,617	+11.4%
2001	1,814	+12.2%
2001	1,814	+0.0%
2019	2,183	+20.3%

Personalities

It was the home during part of their lives to the Austrian poet Josef Weinheber and the English poet W. H. Auden. Auden is buried in a Kirchstetten churchyard^[3] and his home, at Hinterholz 6, houses a small writer's home museum to the poet in his loft study.^[4]