Braunau am Inn

Braunau am Inn (ˈbʁaʊ̯naʊ̯ am ˈɪn; German for "Braunau on the Inn") is a town in Upper Austria on the border with Germany. It is known for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. The town is on the lower river Inn below its confluence with the Salzach, where it forms the border with the German state of Bavaria, halfway on the road between the state capital Linz and the Bavarian capital Munich, about north of Salzburg. Braunau is connected by bridges over the Inn with its Bavarian counterpart Simbach am Inn. A traditional port of entry, all border controls have been abolished since the implementation of the Schengen Agreement by Austria in 1997. The town gave its name to the administrative district (Bezirk). The population of Braunau am Inn was 16,182 in 2011. The municipality of Braunau am Inn consists of the following cadastral communities: Braunau am Inn, Osternberg, and Ranshofen; while further subdivided into populated places (with population in brackets as of 1 January 2022). Aching (22) Au (11) Blankenbach (105) Braunau am Inn (4308) Braunau Neustadt (2037) Gasteig (30) Haiden (91) Haselbach (2940) Himmellindach (178) Höft (12) Laab (3069) Lach (96) Lindach (19) Maierhof (114) Neue Heimat (1015) Oberrothenbuch (24) Osternberg (502) Ranshofen (2372) Roith (21) Scheuhub (400) Tal (89) Unterrothenbuch (31) While the abbey of Ranshofen was already mentioned in the course of the deposition of Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, in 788, Braunau itself first appeared as Prounaw in an 1120 deed. The Innviertel region then was part of the Duchy of Bavaria. Braunau received town rights in 1260, one of the first in present-day Austria. It became a fortress town and important trading route junction, dealing with the salt trade and with ship traffic on the Inn. As a major Bavarian settlement, the town played an outstanding role in the Bavarian uprising against the Austrian occupation during the War of the Spanish Succession, when it hosted the Braunau Parliament, a provisional Bavarian Parliament in 1705 headed by Georg Sebastian Plinganser (born 16 April 1680 in Pfarrkirchen; died 7 May 1738 in Augsburg).