Hochburg-Ach sits across the Salzach from Burghausen in Bavaria. Franz Xaver Gruber was born in the municipality in 1787. The memorial house and the Gruber Peace Path trace that connection. The memorial house is separate from his original birthplace, which no longer survives.
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Hochburg-Ach
An Upper Austrian municipality on the Salzach, associated with the childhood of Silent Night composer Franz Xaver Gruber.