Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer as a diplomat and supervisor of the League of Nations for 10 years in Geneva, beginning in 1930. Because of the incidents in Europe, he emigrated to America, where he worked at the American University in Washington as a professor. In addition, he was employed as a consultant of the United States State Department and supported the US government in the struggle against Hitler. There, he and his younger colleague Leopold Kohr began to criticize the National Socialist Germany through media such as "The New York Times". Shortly after the Second World War, Egon Ranshofen began to work as executive,
Braunau, Switzerland and sports fields made up 2.6%. Out of the forested land, 21.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 3.4% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 61.6% is used for growing crops, while 7.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. The municipality is located in the Münchwilen district. It consists of the village of Braunau and the hamlets of Beckingen, Hittingen, Oberhausen and 17 other settlements. Braunau has a population () of , 6.7% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed