Münzkirchen () is a municipality in the district of

Schärding Schärding ( , Bavarian name: Scharing) is a town in the northern Austrian state of Upper Austria, the capital of the district of the same name, and a major port on the Inn River. Historically, it was owned by the Wittelsbach family, which is r ...

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Geography

Münzkirchen is divided into six

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subdivisions, namely Eisenbirn, Freundorf, Hofalt, Landertsberg, Münzkirchen and Schießdorf. The 14 localities that belong to the municipality are Eisenbirn, Eitzenberg, Feicht, Ficht, Freundorf, Füxledt, Geibing, Hötzenberg, Landertsberg, Ludham, Prackenberg, Raad, Schießdorf and Wilhelming.

Maria Mandl

Münzkirchen was the birthplace of Nazi SS concentration camp guard

Maria Mandl Maria Mandl (sometimes erroneously spelled Mandel; 10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian-born Holocaust perpetrator who was the (camp leader) of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp from 1942 until her arrest in 1945. ...

, who was executed in 1948 for war crimes.

References

Sauwald Cities and towns in Schärding District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub