!!!Obernberg am Inn

Obernberg am Inn, Upper Austria, market town in the district of Ried, 
alt. 354 m, pop. 1,759, area 2.36 km%%sup 2/%, on a plateau 
above the River Inn, at the Austrian-German border. - District court, 
customs office and branch of the customs guard, road maintenance 
office, Obernberg am Inn hydroelectric power plant (built in 
1944, 42 MW); commerce and trade. - First documented mention in 
1160, in the Middle Ages important depot for shipping on the River 
Inn. In the market square gabled houses with rococo façades: 
Woerndlehaus and pharmacy (18%%sup th/%  century); castle (first 
documented mention in 1199), extension in 1550; parish church, Gothic 
three-aisled church with Baroque modifications; St. Anna chapel with 
Renaissance frescoes and relief in late Gothic style (1520), altars 
(1838-1846); Gothic branch church (middle of the 15%%sup th/%  
century); town gates (16%%sup th/%  century); fountain in the market 
square (1658); local history museum in Gurtentor gateway building 
(history of shipping on the River Inn, gold washing, traditions and 
folklore of the Innviertel region).

!Literature
H. Brandstetter, Der Markt Obernberg am Inn, 1975.


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