Franking, Austria
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Franking | |
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Coordinates: 48°02′00″N 12°55′00″E / 48.03333°N 12.91667°ECoordinates: 48°02′00″N 12°55′00″E / 48.03333°N 12.91667°E | |
Country | Austria |
State | Upper Austria |
District | Braunau am Inn |
Government | |
• Mayor | Josef Lasser (ÖVP) |
Area | |
• Total | km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi) |
Elevation | 457 m (1,499 ft) |
Population () | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 5131 |
Area code | 06277 |
Vehicle registration | BR |
Website | www.franking.ooe.gv.at |
Franking is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Geography
Franking is situated in the western part of Upper Austria near the border to Germany and Salzburg. The towns is 457 m above sea level, the area is 10.44 km² and there are 955 inhabitants.
Villages
The villages in the municipity are (with population in brackets as at 1 Jan 2020):
- Buch (30)
- Dorfibm (52)
- Eggenham (101)
- Eisengöring (84)
- Franking (250)
- Holzöster (218)
- Holzleithen (92)
- Neuhausen (77)
- Oberfranking (108)
History
The name Franking comes from the Old High German name "Franko or Francho". The name was first mentioned in 1150, when a Ulricus von franchingen is named in a document. Till 1779 Franking was part of Bavaria, after the Treaty of Teschen it became part of Austria.
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