Hagenberg im Mühlkreis is a town in the district of
Freistadt
Freistadt (, ) is a small Austrian town in the state of Upper Austria in the region Mühlviertel. With a population of approximately 7,500 residents, it is a trade centre for local villages. Freistadt is the economic centre of a district of the sa ...
in the
Austria
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n state of
Upper Austria
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20 km from
Linz
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. Hagenberg became known for
Softwarepark Hagenberg a major technology park focusing on IT, with research, education and business.
Population
Research institutes in Hagenberg
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RISC
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a comp ...
FLLLSoftware Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH)
Institute for Application Oriented Knowledge Processing (FAW)
* FH OÖ Research & Development GmbH - Research Center Hagenberg
Josef Ressel Zentrum - Heureka!
Research Studio Austria NiCE
Austrian Grid Development Center
(AGEZ)
Education
*Johannes Kepler Universität Linz has four institutes in Hagenberg: RISC, FAW, FLLL, GeoGebra
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*University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
School of Informatics, Communication and Media
(Fachhochschule Hagenberg)
ISI-Hagenberg - The International School for Informatics
Business
More than 50 IT companies in the Softwarepark Hagenberg.
Sport facilities in Hagenberg include a soccer field, three volleyball fields, a bouldering hall and a fishing pond.
References
External links
FH Hagenberg — University for computer-based studiesHagenberg Web siteSoftwarepark HagenbergFH-Studengänge Oberösterreich, Campus Hagenberg Web siteRISC Web siteISI Web site
Fire Brigade HagenbergSoftware Competence Center Hagenberg
Cities and towns in Freistadt District
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