Kugelmugel

People's Republic of Kugelmugel
Micronation
Flag of Kugelmugel
Flag
Official seal of Kugelmugel
Official seal
StatusAdministered by Linda Treiber
Location2., Antifaschismusplatz 1, Prater, Vienna, Austria
CapitalKugelmugel
Official languagesGerman
Demonym(s)Kugelmuglian
Organizational structureRepublic
• Leader
Linda Treiber
Establishment
• Declared
19 December 1976
• Area
94 square metres (1,010 sq ft)
Purported currencyEuro
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)

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 Linda Treiber.

History

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.

48°12′56″N 16°23′46″E / 48.2155°N 16.3961°E / 48.2155; 16.3961



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