Kugelmugel

Kugelmugel, officially the Republic of Kugelmugel (German: Republik Kugelmugel), is a micronation located in Vienna, Austria. It came about as the result of a dispute between Austrian artist Edwin Lipburger and Viennese authorities, whose permission was required for him to build a spherical house.

Republic of Kugelmugel
Republik Kugelmugel (German)
Micronation
Flag
Official seal
StatusNominally independent micronation subject to Viennese authority
Location2., Antifaschismusplatz 1, Prater, Vienna, Austria
CapitalKugelmugel
Official languagesGerman
Demonym(s)Kugelmuglian
Organizational structureRepublic
• Leader
Mag. 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)

The 'Republic' is currently administered by Linda Treiber.

History

In June 1982, the house was installed at the Prater park, near the Hauptallee, and surrounded by eight-foot-tall barbed-wire fences. The house occupies 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 retains an official population of more than 650 non-resident citizens. Closed sometime during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reopened to visitors on the 1st of June 2024.

In German, the word "Kugel" means "ball" or "sphere"; "Mugel" is an Austrian German expression for a bump or a hill on a field, from which mogul skiing is also derived.

  • The Republic of Kugelmugel
  • The interior of the spherical house

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.

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