Aigen is a district in the city of Salzburg

Salzburg

-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...

, Salzburgerland, Austria

Austria

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 and is known as one of the most expensive residential areas of the provincial capital.
It is one of the 24 districts in which Salzburg is organized. The Salzach

Salzach

The Salzach is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Inn and is 225 kilometres in length.The river's name is derived from the German word Salz, meaning "salt". Until the 19th century shipping of salt down the river was an important part of the local economy...

 river is its western border and the municipality of Elsbethen

Elsbethen

Elsbethen is a municipality in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Salzburg.- Geography :The town lies directly south of the federal state capital, Salzburg, and borders Flachgau...

 is to the south.
Many celebrities such as the Families Porsche and Piech

Porsche family

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, Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed Der Kaiser because of his elegant style, his leadership, his first name "Franz" , and his dominance on the football pitch...

, Renate Thyssen-Henne, DJ Ötzi

DJ Ötzi

DJ Ötzi is the stage name of Gerhard Friedle , an Austrian entertainer and singer. Successful mainly in German-speaking countries, he is best known in the English-speaking world for his 2001 cover version of the Bruce Channel song "Hey Baby".-Biography:DJ Ötzi was born Gerhard Friedle in St...

 and others live in Aigen.

About the Name

The word aigen, Old High German

Old High German

The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...

 eigan, means to own and as a noun refers to the (inherited) property or the freedom to own property.
Eigentuom is a Middle High German

Middle High German

Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German...

 word and stands for the free right of possession. An Aigner is therefore a free, non-assessable farmer.

Infrastructures

The Salzburg-Aigen railway station (part of ÖBB

ÖBB

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 lines), and the Youth Hostel Association are located here.

There is also the Authority for the Finance (Finanzamt).

Historic items

Its famous Schloss Aigen

Schloss Aigen

Schloss Aigen is a castle located in Aigen, a quarter of Salzburg, Salzburgerland, Austria. The structure also includes a church and a park.-History:The castle was built in 1402. The park was an English style park made in 1780....

 (Aigen's Castle) was built in 1402. The Trapp

Trapp

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 family, (The Sound of Music film

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 was made about their lives) lived in a villa near the castle. Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the SS, a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. As Chief of the German Police and the Minister of the Interior from 1943, Himmler oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo...

 later lived in the Trapp residence in Aigen.

The Aigner Park was made, in the English style, in 1780 for the Schloss Aigen.

Villas in Aigen Mitte

• Villa Lanser-Gyllenstorm, built in 1862/63.
• Villa Kummer (later Villa Schönburg-Hardtenstein), built in 1922.
• Villa Coudenhove I (later Villa Salm), built in 1856.
• Villa Coudenhove II (later Villa Reedl), built in 1861.
• Villa Walburga (from the architect Architekt Valentin Ceconi), later Villa Lamberg (from V. Ceconi), then Villa Trapp, built in 1863.
• Villa Fackler (later Villa Fux too), built in 1901.
• Waldvilla Fürst Schwarzenberg, built in 1886.

Villas in Abfalter

• Abfalterhof
• Villa Jany (Villa Ornig), built in 1884.
• Villa Rudholzer (Villa Attems), built in 1904.
• Villa Joachim (Villa Künßberg), built in 1860.
• Villa Bellegarde (Villa Grein, Villa Preuschen), built in 1860.
• Grünbichlhof (Villa Kahlenbeck) built in 1855.
• Villa Hahn (Villa Thurn und Taxis), built in 1854.