Altheim, Austria

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Altheim
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Altheim, Austria (Austria)
Altheim, Austria
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Upper Austria
District Braunau am Inn
Mayor Franz Weinberger (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area 22.62 km² (8.7 sq mi)
Elevation 363 m  (1191 ft)
Population 4,810  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 213 /km² (551 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BR
Postal code 4950
Area code 07723
Website www.altheim.ooe.gv.at

Coordinates: 48°15′00″N 13°14′00″E / 48.25, 13.233333

Altheim is a town in western Upper Austria of 4,810 people.

Altheim lies in the Bezirk of Braunau am Inn in the traditional region of Innviertel of Upper Austria. Altheim lies on the stream the Ach, a tributary of the Inn.

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In 1985 archaeologists discovered the ruins of a Roman villa in farmland just outside of Altheim. In the town there is a Roman museum dedicated to these findings, the Ochzethaus.

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