Laab (municipality of Braunau)

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Laab ( district )
locality
Laab (municipality of Braunau) (Austria)
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Basic data
Pole. District , state Braunau am Inn  (BR), Upper Austria
Judicial district Braunau am Inn
Pole. local community Braunau am Inn   ( KG  Braunau am Inn)
Coordinates 48 ° 15 '44 "  N , 13 ° 3' 0"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '44 "  N , 13 ° 3' 0"  Ef1
height 351  m above sea level A.
Residents of the village 3246 (January 1, 2020)
Post Code 5280 Braunau am Inn
Statistical identification
Locality code 07185
Counting district / district Laabstraße-Bahnhof, Laab-Höft, Laab-Siedlung (40404 X [010/030/031])
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; DORIS
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3246

BW

Laab is a district of Braunau am Inn and with 3246 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) the second most populated district of the city of Braunau am Inn.

history

At the beginning of World War I , a prisoner-of-war camp was built along the Mattig , in which over 15,000 prisoners of war were housed in 120 barracks. In 1915 another large barrack camp was built in Laab . Refugees from the Italian Trentino were accommodated here. After the war ended, the camp was gradually demolished until 1979.

Public facilities

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
  2. ^ City history 1800 - 1919. Stadtgemeinde Braunau am Inn, accessed on October 26, 2017 (Austrian German).