Gallneukirchen is a small town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It lies within the district of Urfahr-Umgebung, in the northern part of the country.
The town is one of the communities that make up the Urfahr-Umgebung district, an administrative area in Upper Austria. As a small town, it functions as a local settlement within this district rather than as a major urban centre.
Gallneukirchen is located in Upper Austria, the federal state that surrounds the city of Linz and extends toward the Czech border and the Alps. Its position within the Urfahr-Umgebung district places it in the broader Mühlviertel region north of the Danube.