Nueva Braunau
Nueva Braunau is a village in the Puerto Varas District , Llanquihue Province , Región de los Lagos , in southern Chile . Currently it has about 3000 inhabitants.
The village was founded on August 15, 1877 by Bohemian and Austrian settlers who came from the present-day Czech town of Broumov (German Braunau ).
Nueva Braunau is five kilometers west of Puerto Varas. Its economy is based on agriculture and tourism , plus a sausage factory. The volunteer fire brigade is Nueva Braunau número 5 .
The Museo Antonio Felmer, which is housed in one of the houses that the settlers built in the 19th century, shows objects from the everyday life of the first immigrants.
Web links
Commons : Nueva Braunau - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ grafelbergnoticias.blogspot.es ( Memento of October 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Nueva Braunau celebrates 132 years. (Spanish)
Coordinates: 41 ° 19 ′ S , 73 ° 5 ′ W