Innviertel its towns, villages and hamlets. Its Bavarian roots show in the local German dialect, "Innviertlerisch", a Western Central Austro-Bavarian variant similar to the languages spoken in adjacent Lower Bavaria. Innviertel is the birthplace of the physicist Anton Zeilinger, of Franz Xaver Gruber (the composer of "Silent Night"), of the Schwanthaler family of Baroque sculptors, of the SS official Ernst Kaltenbrunner and the conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter. Both Adolf Hitler and the diplomat Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer were born in the town of Braunau am Inn on the German border. Innviertel The Innviertel (literally German for "Inn quarter") is a traditional Austrian region
Franking, Austria 1779 Franking was part of Bavaria, after the Treaty of Teschen it became part of Austria. Franking, Austria Franking is a municipality in the district Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Franking is situated in the western part of Upper Austria near the border to Germany and Salzburg. The towns is 457 m above sea level, the area is 10.44 km² and there are 955 inhabitants. The villages in the municipity are Buch, Dorfibm, Eggenham, Eisengöring, Franking, Holzöster, Holzleithen, Neuhausen, Oberfranking. The name Franking comes from the Old High German name "Franko or Francho". The name