Hochburg-Ach is a municipality in the district of

Braunau am Inn Braunau am Inn (; German for "Braunau on the Inn") is a town in Upper Austria on the border with Germany. It is known for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Geography The town is on the lower river Inn below its confluence with the Salzach, ...

in the

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n state of

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Geography

Hochburg-Ach lies in the Innviertel on the Germany border, directly opposite the Bavarian town of Burghausen. It lies east of the

Salzach The Salzach (Austrian: �saltsax ) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is in length and is a right tributary of the Inn, which eventually joins the Danube. Its drainage basin of comprises large parts of the Northern Limestone and Central ...

. About 42 percent of the municipality is forest and 52 percent farmland.

Notable people

Franz Xaver Gruber Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht" (" Silent Night"). Life Gruber ...

(1787–1863), primary school teacher, church organist and composer was born here.''Teacher, musician and composer of the melody of “Silent Night”''
www.stillenacht.com, Retrieved 7 June 2018.

References

Cities and towns in Braunau am Inn District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub