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and others live in Aigen.

About the Name

The word ''aigen'',

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

''eigan'', means ''to own'' and as a noun refers to the (inherited) property or the freedom to own property. ''Eigentuom'' is a

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...

word and stands for the free right of possession. An ''Aigner'' is therefore a free, non-assessable farmer.

Infrastructures

The Salzburg-Aigen

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(part of

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lines), and the

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are located here. There is also the Authority for the Finance (Finanzamt).

Historic items

Its famous

Schloss Aigen Schloss Aigen is a castle located in Aigen, a quarter of Salzburg, Salzburgerland, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps ...

(Aigen's Castle) was built in 1402. The Trapp family, on whom ''

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'' was based, lived in a villa near the castle.

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later lived in the Trapp residence in Aigen. The Aigner Park was made, in the English style, in 1780 for the Schloss Aigen.

Divisions

Aigen has three main parts: Glas, Aigen Mitte and Abfalter:

Glas

Villas in Glas

* Villa Stolz, built in 1845. * Villa Phillips, built in 1853.

Aigen Mitte

Villas in Aigen Mitte

* Villa Lanser-Gyllenstorm, built in 1862/63. * Villa Kummer (later Villa Schönburg-Hardtenstein), built in 1922. * Villa Coudenhove I (later Villa Salm), built in 1856. * Villa Coudenhove II (later Villa Reedl), built in 1861. * Villa Walburga (from the architect Architekt Valentin Ceconi), later Villa Lamberg (from V. Ceconi), then Villa Trapp, built in 1863. * Villa Fackler (later Villa Fux too), built in 1901. * Waldvilla Fürst Schwarzenberg, built in 1886.

Abfalter

Villas in Abfalter

* Abfalterhof * Villa Jany (Villa Ornig), built in 1884. * Villa Rudholzer (Villa Attems), built in 1904. * Villa Joachim (Villa Künßberg), built in 1860. * Villa Bellegarde (Villa Grein, Villa Preuschen), built in 1860. * Grünbichlhof (Villa Kahlenbeck) built in 1855. * Villa Hahn (Villa Thurn und Taxis), built in 1854.

Population

Aigen has around 10,000

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References

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