Kugelmugel

Republic of Kugelmugel Micronation
Flag Official seal
Status	Administered by the city of Vienna
Location	2., Antifaschismusplatz, Prater, Vienna, Austria
Capital	Monikau
Official languages	German
Demonym(s)	Kugelmuglian
Organizational structure	Republic
• Revolutionsführer	Edwin Lipburger (died in 2015)
• President	Nikolaus Lipburger (son of Edwin L.)
Establishment
• Declared	1975
Area claimed
• Total	0.00003 km2 (1.2×10−5 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The Republic of Kugelmugel is an unrecognized micronation located at the Prater in Vienna, Austria. The Republic declared independence in 1975, after disputes between artist Edwin Lipburger and Austrian authorities over building permits for a ball-shaped house which he erected at the Landesstraße 4091 in Katzelsdorf, Lower Austria in 1971. In 1979, Lipburger was arrested and sent to jail for ten weeks.

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 like and also the root for the name of mogul skiing.

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  The Republic of Kugelmugel
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  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. The Davi Valença O mito da Wikipedia

External links

Media related to Kugelmugel at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (in German)