Molln

Molln

Coat of arms
Molln

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°53′01″N 14°15′32″E / 47.88361°N 14.25889°ECoordinates: 47°53′01″N 14°15′32″E / 47.88361°N 14.25889°E
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Kirchdorf an der Krems
Government
  Mayor Renate Rettenegger (SPÖ)
Area
  Total 191.4 km2 (73.9 sq mi)
Elevation 442 m (1,450 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 3,590
  Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4591
Area code 07584
Vehicle registration KI
Website www.molln.at

Molln is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is remembered as a place where there was a poacher battle in 1919 and several people were shot and killed.

Geography

Molln lies in the Traunviertel. About 70 percent of the municipality is forest, and 20 percent is farmland.

References

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