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.
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.
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
- 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
Media related to Kugelmugel at Wikimedia Commons- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived March 27, 2022) (in German)
48°12′56″N 16°23′46″E / 48.2155°N 16.3961°E
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