Alkoven

Alkoven
Municipality
Coat of arms
Alkoven Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°17′14″N 14°06′25″E
Country	Austria
State	Upper Austria
District	Eferding
Government
• Mayor	Mag. Monika Rainer, MBA (SPÖ)
Area [1]
• Total	42.58 km^2 (16.44 sq mi)
Elevation	268 m (879 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	5,961
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4072
Area code	07274
Vehicle registration	EF
Website	www.alkoven.at

Alkoven is a municipality in the district of Eferding in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Alkoven lies in the Hausruckviertel. About 17 percent of the municipality is forest and 65 percent farmland.

History

The Renaissance style Hartheim Castle is located at Alkoven. It became notorious as one of the Nazi Euthanasia killing centers, where the killing program Action T4 took place (see Hartheim Euthanasia Centre).

Hartheim Castle

Church of Alkoven

References

1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.