The town of Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria lies on the border with Germany and has around 16,000 inhabitants. The city divided into three communities: Braunau am Inn, Osterberg and Ranshofen. Braunau am Inn has an area of 24.7 km. The Inn flows past the north forms the border with the neighbouring city Simbach at the Inn is already in Bavaria. Many important administrative institutions and schools in the region are in the capital district of Braunau am Inn.

More than half of the urban area is used for agriculture, but many companies and businesses in Braunau am Inn for the city have a much greater economic impact. Best remembered in the aluminium processing companies are Ranshofen. The landmark building is the Gothic parish church of St. Stephen, in the 15th century was built and installed at the 80m high bell tower and a webcam. The old hospital is also in the very beautiful old town of Braunau am Inn.

Landmarks Braunau am Inn: Parish Church of St. Stephen, historic town square, birthplace of Adolf Hitler with memorial stone, fishing well, Gate tower, City Hall, City Theater, Museum.

Activities Braunau am Inn in Winter: indoor pool, sauna, solarium, ice skating, gym, fitness center, horse riding.

Activities Braunau am Inn in the summer: biking, jogging, Nordic walking, tennis, hiking, football, basketball, volleyball, fitness center, horse riding, golf.

The Inn is a 517 km long tributary of the river Danube and arises from the Maloja Pass in Switzerland. Under the Swiss region Engadin, the river Inn flows through the Austrian state of Tyrol. In the middle of the River Inn is located between Kufstein and Erl, and Braunau and Passau, the border between Austria and Germany. In Passau the Inn then opens with a mean river discharge of 740 m³ / s in the Danube.

In the Austrian state of Tyrol the Inn Valley is divided to Innsbruck in the Upper Inn Valley and from Innsbruck in the Lower Inn Valley. This is through the Inn valley glaciers during the Ice Age formed in the upper valley is narrower and the sediments at the bottom wider. Along the Inn were built until now 14 river power plants, which form an important part of the power supply. Since the Inn flows north in the Inn valley, there often weather with an warmer wind. By which people have to suffer weather is again for the fruit growing and farming very favourable. Here and therefore can be grown even wine. Above Kufstein the Inn flows through the northern Limestone Alps to Germany.