Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn The Stolpersteine in the district of Braunau am Inn are small, cobble stone-sized memorials to the former residents of the district who perished at the hands of the Nazis during the Third Reich. Conceived and installed by Cologne artist Gunter Demnig, they were set in the pavement at various locations between August 11–12, 2006. Demnig has laid over 20,000 Stolpersteine since 1996. The 11 Stolpersteine in the district Braunau am Inn are in eight different municipalities. The former "Heimatgau des Führers" (Adolf Hitler's birthplace) was the first area to receive its Stolpersteine.
Serbs in Austria real number of ethnic Serbs in Austria is estimated to be much higher – e.g. the membership of "Serbische Gemeinschaft in Österreich" ("Savez Srba u Austriji"), an ethnic Serb association in Austria, exceeds 250,000 people. The common estimation is a total of 300,000. The Österreichisch Serbische Gesellschaft (Austrian Serbian Society) was founded in 1936 as "Österreichisch-Jugoslawischen Gesellschaft". Serbs were a notable minority of the Habsburg Monarchy, having settled Central Europe following the Ottoman conquest of Serbia. The Serbs with the aid of Austrian troops occupied Serbia in 1686–91, established the Kingdom of Serbia (1718–39), and occupied it again in 1788–92.