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Braunau, town, northern Austria, on the Inn River, opposite the Bavarian town of Simbach and north of Salzburg. The name is derived from Brunnenau, meaning a “place with many springs.” Originally a possession of the dukes of Bavaria, it was chartered in 1260; it was strongly fortified in 1672–76.
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Braunau District. Type: district of Austria with 102,000 residents. Description: district of Austria. Location: Upper Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 48.112° or 48° 6' 43" north. Longitude. 13.0892° or 13° 5' 21" east.
Braunau am Inn. Type: Town with 16,400 residents. Description: town in Braunau District, Upper Austria, Austria. Categories: city, municipality of Austria, place with town rights and privileges and locality. Location: Braunau District, Upper Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude.
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 earliest written mention of Braunau am Inn was in 1120. During the Middle Ages, Braunau was an important and prosperous town, largely due to its location on a trade route and its position on the navigable River Inn. It was a fortified town and often had soldiers garrisoned in it.
The Stadtplatz.The main plaza in Braunau runs for several blocks, starting right at the entrance to the town, coming in from the bridge. The pretty pastel buildings line the Stadtplatz with lots of shops and restaurants to explore. In good weather, there are a number of pleasant places to sit outside and admire the view over some schnitzel and a lo...
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn on April 20, 1889. His father, Alois Hitler, was a customs agent working for the Austrian government and was posted to Braunau in 1875. In 1885, he married Klara Plötzl and together they had six children. Alois had two children from a previous marriage living with him when he married Klara. Their first four c...
This beautiful and very large church was built between 1439 and 1466; it has one of the tallest church towers in Austria. The wooden pews were custom-built to accommodate the sizes and figures of some of the local parishioners, so they vary. Fun to check them out! It's likely that the Hitler children were baptized in this church, including Adolf. T...
Wandering around, you'll see some of the old towers and walls left from Braunau am Inn's days as a fortress. The tower's bells are rung at 8 am, noon and 6 pm every day; the evening bells play Brahms' "Lullaby". Plague warning.There's a skull sculpted in the city wall on the west side of the old city, allegedly was placed there to warn travelers ab...
The town of Braunau am Inn is mentioned in a couple of famous books: Tolstoy's War and Peace and Hitler's Mein Kampf.
When I was in Braunau, I stayed at the highly-rated Hotel Mayrbräu, which is a charming, older hotel right in the Altstadt. The hotel is at Linzer Strasse 13, less than two blocks from the main Stadplatz, so it's quiet, but convenient. I was able to walk to all the places I wanted to see. The traditional-style rooms were comfortable and clean, and ...
Braunau am Inn is on the Austrian-German border, just across the River Inn from Salmbach am Inn, Germany. Braunau is about 2 to 3 hours by train from Munich, or a bit over 2 hours from Salzburg. Berchtesgadenis about 2.5 to 3 hours from Braunau by train. Travel tip. The train station in Braunau am Inn is about 1 km, or 0.6 miles from the town cente...
Silent Night, Holy Night.The well-known Christmas carol, Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht, was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818, in a village church not far from Braunau am Inn. The original church in the town of Oberndorf was washed away in a flood in 1899, but there's a chapel there now, dedicated to the memory of the song. Every year on Christm...
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This place is situated in Austria, its geographical coordinates are 48° 16' 0" North, 13° 2' 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Braunau am Inn. See Braunau am Inn photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Braunau am Inn in Austria.
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Braunau on the river Inn is a more than 700 year old trading town on the border between Upper Austria and Bavaria. Its beautiful town center offers an infinite number of sights and cultural highlights.
