Hitler birthplace memorial stone Hitler birthplace memorial stone The Hitler birthplace memorial stone, a memorial to victims of the Nazis, is placed in front of Salzburger Vorstadt 15, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, the building where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889. At the time of Hitler's birth, the building was a modest guest house, where Hitler's parents rented rooms in connection with his father's job as a minor customs official at the nearby Austrian–German border. The Hitlers lived in the building only until Adolf was three years old, when his father was transferred to Passau. After World War II, the building was rented
AMAG Austria Metall AG AMAG Austria Metall AG AMAG (Austria Metall AG) is the biggest company in the Austrian Aluminium industry sector. It is situated in the village of Ranshofen, which is in Braunau am Inn (Upper Austria). The aluminium smelting business was founded in 1938 in Ranshofen as "Mattigwerk", with reference to the Mattig river. After the Second World War, the factory was occupied by US troops until 1946, when it was handed over the Austrian government. It was nationalized as "Österreichische Metallwerke AG" (ÖMAG), and this name as later changed again to "Vereinigte Aluminiumwerke AG" (VAW). In 1957, VAW merged with the