Gallneukirchen (Central Bavarian: Goineikircha) is a small town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria and is part of the district Urfahr-Umgebung.

Originally lying in the East part of the duchy of Bavaria (Germany), in the 12th century it belonged to the duchy "Austria", and in the year 1211, the market was included in the diocese of Passau for the next 200 years.

Since 1490, it has belonged to the principality of "Österreich ob der Enns".

During the Napoleonic wars it was occupied several times, and now belongs to Upper Austria.

From 1832 to 1872 the Horse railway transported Goods and persons through Gallneukirchen.