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 cottage industry. Since about 1895 timber industry has been in the village with some carpentry and a sawmill. Until 1998 it was part of the municipality of Tobel. Braunau has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 6.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.7% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.5%. while parks, green belts