Braunau am Inn District Bezirk Braunau am Inn | |
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| Country | Austria |
| State | Upper Austria |
| Number of municipalities | 46 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,040.38 km2 (401.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 99,848 |
| • Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Bezirk Braunau am Inn is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria.
During the Bavarian uprising of 1705 and 1706 the country defense congress ("Braunau Parliament") was held in Braunau. In addition to leader Johann Georg Meindl, born in Weng, Christian Probst wrote of other leaders from the court of Braunau: old Hofbauer from Wuerlach, the rotbartete Schwaiger, Schienkhueber zu Mitterndorf, Neuhauser zu Hochburg, Meindlsberger in office at Eggelsberg, the innkeeper of Ibm and Baron of Taufkirchen, who was a civil servant there. Adolf Hitler was born here on 20 April 1889.
The district was created in 1868.
The Cologne artist Gunter Demnig laid 13 Stolperstein memorial blocks for victims of National Socialism on the 11 and 12 August[ year needed ] in the district of Braunau am Inn. The former "home district of the Führer" was the first district or county in German-speaking Europe to memorialize Nazi victims in this form and on this scale. Gunter Demnig has placed over 20,000 paving stones with the inscription "Hier wohnte" (German for "here lived") in front of the houses of Nazi victims since 1997. However, this occurred mostly in cities and in rural communities the practice remained the exception.[ citation needed ]
The district of Braunau am Inn is divided into 46 municipalities, including three towns (Städte) (indicated in bold) and five market towns (Marktgemeiden) (indicated in italics)
Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.
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The Innviertel is a traditional Austrian region southeast of the Inn river. It forms the western part of the state of Upper Austria and borders the German state of Bavaria. The Innviertel is one of the four traditional "quarters" of Upper Austria, the others being Hausruckviertel, Mühlviertel, and Traunviertel.
Gerhard Skiba of the Austrian Social Democratic Party was elected mayor of the city of Braunau am Inn in 1989. He became internationally known after setting up a memorial stone for the victims of Fascism in front of the house where Adolf Hitler was born.
Sankt Georgen may refer to several places, all named after the German name of Saint George:
Bezirk Ried im Innkreis is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Rohrbach is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Schärding is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria.
The Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn are small, cobble stone-sized memorials to the former residents of the district who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the Third Reich. Conceived and installed by Cologne artist Gunter Demnig, they were set in the pavement at various locations between August 11–12, 2006.
Weng may refer to:
Feldkirchen bei Mattighofen is a municipality in the Braunau am Inn district in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Kirchberg bei Mattighofen is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
St. Veit im Innkreis, also Sankt Veit im Innkreis is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Weng im Innkreis is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Ammerer Bed Company is an Austrian family business in the eighth generation. The enterprise is active in sleeping systems, textile arrangements and lingerie.
Arts Initiative KNIE was founded as an initiative for contemporary art in 1995 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg. It is the origin of the stolperstein project in Braunau am Inn District.
The Bavarian uprising of 1705–06 was a revolt against the occupation of the Electorate of Bavaria by the forces of the Austrian Habsburgs during the War of Spanish Succession (1701–14). It lasted from early November 1705 to 18 January 1706, approximately 75 days. Henric L. Wuermeling speaks of this as "the first revolution of modern history."
Johann Nobis was an Austrian conscientious objector.
Gunter Demnig is a German artist. He is best known for his Stolperstein memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani and the disabled. The project places engraved brass stones in front of a former residence for a Holocaust victim who was deported and killed by Nazi Germany, began in Germany and has since spread, with more than 60,000 stones placed across 21 countries in Europe.
Burgstall is German for a castle site and may refer to:
