Alkoven

Alkoven

Coat of arms
Alkoven

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°17′14″N 14°06′25″E / 48.28722°N 14.10694°E / 48.28722; 14.10694Coordinates: 48°17′14″N 14°06′25″E / 48.28722°N 14.10694°E / 48.28722; 14.10694
Country Austria
State Upper Austria
District Eferding
Government
 • Mayor Gabriel Schuhmann (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total 43 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation 268 m (879 ft)
Population (14 June 2016)[1]
 • Total 5,808
 • Density 140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 4072
Area code 07274
Vehicle registration EF
Website www.alkoven.at

Alkoven is a municipality in the district of Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Alkoven lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 17 percent of the municipality is forest and 65 percent farmland.

History

The Renaissance style Hartheim Castle is located at Alkoven. It became notorious as one of the Nazi Euthanasia killing centers, where the killing program Action T4 took place (see Hartheim Euthanasia Centre).

Hartheim Castle
Church of Alkoven

References

  1. ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden, Erstellt am 14.06.2016 (Last accessed 13.12.2016) for Alkoven.
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