Lambach () is a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rura ...

in the Wels-Land district of the

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n state of

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on the Ager and Traun Rivers. A major stop on the salt trade, it is the site of the Lambach Abbey, built around 1056. Notable alumnus from the local elementary school is

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

, who attended the establishment in the 1890s.

History

The famous Abbey of Lambach was founded in 1056 by bishop Adalbero of

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Population

Personalities

* Anton Edler von Gapp, the noted Austrian jurist, was born in Lambach. * Lambach was the home of Dr. Ignaz Harrer who, from 1872 to 1875, was the mayor of

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

. *

lived here from 1897–1898. He attended 3rd grade in the local primary school. * Hitler's father Alois Hitler, purchased a farmhouse called ''Rauscher Gut'' along with a 3.6-hectare (9-acre) plot of land in 1895 after he retired, and moved his family to the farm.

References

Cities and towns in Wels-Land District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub