Braunau am Inn

 

Two famous people come from this town:

There is I and there is another one about whom we shall not speak. 

Braunau has about 18,000 inhabitants and is a busy trade center of the so-called "Innviertel"  ( a Quarter Section by the river Inn )

I grew up there from age 4 to 23 and I am hard pressed to find a better place in which to grow up.

Section of the Main Square.

The building on the right is "Stadtplatz 22"  (Mainsquare 22).

This was My Home.

We lived in a large apartment on the second floor, with windows out to the Church Square.

Just across from 22 is "City Hall"

The "Upper End" of the Main Square 

with the Fountain in the foreground

and the Entry Gate with Tower at the rear.

Coming from Salzburg, this narrow (one car at a time) gate

gives you precarious entry to the Main Square.

Coming from the about 65 km distant city of Salzburg

One enters the town through this narrow gate.

This sign, affixed to the  Entry Gate 

tells of the 700th  anniversary of Braunau.

First documented mention of the town was in the year 1260.