Summary
Kugelmugel, officially the People's Republic of Kugelmugel, is a micronation located in Vienna, Austria. It resulted from a dispute between the artist Edwin Lipburger and the Austrian authorities, due to his permission to build a spherical house. Today it's administered by Mag. Linda Treiber.
People's Republic of Kugelmugel Micronation | |
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 Official seal
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| Status | Administered by Mag. Linda Treiber |
| Location | 2., Antifaschismusplatz 1, Prater, Vienna, Austria |
| Capital | Kugelmugel |
| Official languages | German |
| Demonym(s) | Kugelmuglian |
| Organizational structure | Republic |
• Leader | Mag. Linda Treiber |
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• Declared | 19 December 1976 |
• Area | 94 square metres (1,010 sq ft) |
| Purported currency | Euro |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History edit
In June 1982, the house was moved into the Prater park, near the Hauptallee, and enclosed by eight-foot-tall barbed-wire fences. The house has the only address within the proclaimed Republic, that being "2., Antifaschismusplatz" ("2nd district of Vienna; Anti-Fascism Square"), which has since been officially adopted by the city of Vienna. Lipburger died in January 2015, but the Republic officially holds a population of over 650 non-resident citizens. Nowadays, the Republic is administered by Vienna's government and used as a tourist attraction.
The word "Kugel" means "ball" or "sphere" in German; the word "Mugel" is an Austrian German expression for "bump" or "hill on a field" and also the root for the name of mogul skiing.
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The Republic of Kugelmugel -
The inside of the sphere
References edit
- Ryan, John; Dunford, George; Sellars, Simon (2006). Micronations: The Lonely Planet Guide to Home-Made Nations. Footscray, Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet. pp. 82–85. ISBN 1-74104-730-7.
External links edit
Media related to Kugelmugel at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in German)
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