Alkoven Explained

Alkoven
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:48.2872°N 14.1069°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Upper Austria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Eferding
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Mag. Monika Rainer, MBA
Elevation M:268
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:EF
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:4072
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:07274
Website:www.alkoven.at

Alkoven is a municipality in the district of Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Alkoven lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 17 percent of the municipality is forest and 65 percent farmland.

History

The Renaissance style Hartheim Castle is located at Alkoven. It became notorious as one of the Nazi Euthanasia killing centers, where the killing program Action T4 took place (see Hartheim Euthanasia Centre).