Hochburg-Ach Explained

Hochburg-Ach
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:48.1306°N 12.8778°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Upper Austria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Braunau am Inn
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Johann Reschenhofer
Elevation M:462
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:BR
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:5122
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:07727
Website:www.hochburg-ach.at

Hochburg-Ach is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Hochburg-Ach lies in the Innviertel on the Germany border, directly opposite the Bavarian town of Burghausen. It lies east of the Salzach. About 42 percent of the municipality is forest and 52 percent farmland.

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. https://www.stillenacht.com/en/protagonists/franz-xaver-gruber-1787-1863/ Teacher, musician and composer of the melody of “Silent Night”