Aigen im Mühlkreis is a village and a former municipality in
Rohrbach District in the
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n state of
Upper Austria
Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...
. On 1 May 2015 Aigen im Mühlkreis municipality was merged with
Schlägl
Schlägl is a town and a former municipality in Rohrbach District in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. On 1 May 2015 Schlägl municipality was merged with Aigen im Mühlkreis to form Aigen-Schlägl municipality.
As of 1 January 2018, popul ...
to form
Aigen-Schlägl
Aigen-Schlägl is a municipality in Rohrbach District of Upper Austria, Austria. As of 1 January 2019, population was 3196.
The municipality was formed on 1 May 2015 by merging two municipalities, Aigen im Mühlkreis and Schlägl
Schlägl is ...
municipality.
As of 1 January 2018, population of the town was 1778.
Geography
Aigen im Mühlkreis lies in the upper
Mühlviertel
The Mühlviertel () is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria: it is one of four "quarters" of Upper Austria, the others being Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Innviertel. It is named after the three rivers ', ', and '.
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.
Personalities
It is the site of
Nicholas Treadwell
Nicholas Treadwell (born 1937) owns the Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, which started in 1963 in touring vehicles, after which it was run in buildings in London, Bradford and finally Austria. Treadwell has promoted the Superhumanism art movement, whi ...
's gallery.
Economy
Aigen D.M. is one of the industries related to Aigen.
Aigen DM
. Accessed 2015-02-13.
References
Cities and towns in Rohrbach District
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