Braunau am Inn District Braunau am Inn District Bezirk Braunau am Inn is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria. During the Bavarian uprising of 1705 and 1706 the country defense congress ("Braunau Parliament") was held in Braunau. In addition to leader Johann Georg Meindl, born in Weng, Christian Probst wrote of other leaders from the court of Braunau: old Hofbauer from Wuerlach, the rotbartete Schwaiger, Schienkhueber zu Mitterndorf, Neuhauser zu Hochburg, Meindlsberger in office at Eggelsberg, the innkeeper of Ibm and Baron of Taufkirchen, who was a civil servant there. Adolf Hitler was born here The district was created in
AMAG Austria Metall AG non-ferrous metal business of Arthur Krupp AG to form "Vereinigten Metallwerke Ranshofen-Berndorf AG" (VMW). To expand the product portfolio with cast aluminium wheels, a 100% subsidiary was founded in 1983, "Alu-Guß GmbH". It was later sold to the Borbet group. Similarly, the Berndorf business was spun off and sold in 1988. The name of the company was changed to "Austria Metall AG" (AMAG). AMAG was privatised in 1996, in the form of a Management-Buyout by Klaus Hammerer (40%) and an employee trust (20%), the remaining stock (40%) being acquired by Constantia. In 2007, Hammerer sold its stake to Constantia Packaging