Braunau am Inn is a well-maintained Gothic border town on the Inn river with the tallest brick tower in Austria (Stephanskirche, 99 meters). It sits at the Austrian-Bavarian border opposite Simbach and functions primarily as a transit point on the route between Salzburg and Linz. The town is internationally known as the birthplace of Adolf Hitler; the house in question was converted to a police station in 2020 to prevent its use as a commemorative site. The Zeitgeschichte Museum provides historical context for the town’s complicated modern significance. About 1 hour from Salzburg by car.
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Braunau am Inn
Braunau am Inn has a serious problem with its most famous fact: Adolf Hitler was born here in 1889. The house on Salzburger Vorstadt 15 where he was born was for decades a source of political discomfort; in 2020 the Austrian government converted it into a police station to prevent it from becoming a pilgrimage site.