Altheim, Austria

Altheim
Altheim
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Braunau am Inn
Mayor Franz Weinberger (ÖVP)
Area 22.62 km2 (9 sq mi)
Elevation 363 m  (1191 ft)
Population 4,801 (1 January 2011)[1]
 - Density 212 /km2 (550 /sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BR
Postal code 4950
Area code 07723
Website www.altheim.ooe.gv.at

Altheim is a town in western Upper Austria of 4,810 people.

Altheim lies in the Bezirk of Braunau am Inn in the traditional region of Innviertel of Upper Austria. Altheim lies on the stream the Mühlheimer Ache, a tributary of the Inn.

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In 1985 archaeologists discovered the ruins of a Roman villa in farmland just outside of Altheim. In the town there is a Roman museum dedicated to these findings, the Ochzethaus.

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