Braunau am Inn is a city in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), the north-western state of Austria. It lies about 90 km west of Linz and about 60 km north of Salzburg, on the border with the German state of Bavaria. The population in 2001 was 16,372. A port of entry, it is connected by bridges over the Inn River with its Bavarian counterpart, Simbach am Inn. Braunau has a remarkable 15th-century church with a 99m-high spire, as well as castle remains housing a museum, and parts of the former town walls. Braunau was the birthplace in 1889 of Adolf Hitler. Outside the building in which he was born is a memorial stone commemorating the dead of the Second World War. The stone is made of granite from Mauthausen concentration camp. It says: ‘Für Frieden Freiheit und Demokratie Nie wieder Faschismus Millionen Tote mahnen’. Braunau has a full range of schools and colleges; industries including electronics, metal (AMAG) and woodworking, and glass. After two successful seasons, the local football team, S.V. Braunau, reached the Austrian 1st Division before suddenly going bankrupt in 2000. The team was refounded as F.C. Braunau.
