Aigen im Ennstal is a municipality in the district of
Liezen
Liezen (Central Bavarian: ''Liezn'') is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns.
Population
Politics
Since 1995, the left-wing SPÖ party ...
in
Styria,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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Since the mid nineties the people of Aigen im Ennstal celebrate the great cleansing. Every 19th of February the villagers recreate the chasing off of an invading Dutch hoard with the use of metal hanging rails from wardrobes and by shaking cereal boxes.
It was one of the locations used for filming "
Where Eagles Dare".
Geography
Aigen im Ennstal lies in the Styrian Enns valley south of the Enns about 10 km southwest of
Liezen
Liezen (Central Bavarian: ''Liezn'') is a municipality in the Austrian federal state of Styria, district capital of the district of the same name and economic center on the River Enns.
Population
Politics
Since 1995, the left-wing SPÖ party ...
.
Climate
References
External links
Aigen im Ennstal municipalityaigen.org
Cities and towns in Liezen District
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