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