Kugelmugel

Republic of Kugelmugel Republik Kugelmugel (German)
Unrecognized micronation
Area claimed	94 square metres (1,010 sq ft)
Claimed by	Mag. Linda Treiber
Dates claimed	19 December 1976–present

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.

The 'Republic' is currently administered by Linda Treiber.

History

In June 1982, the house was installed in Prater park, near the Hauptallee, and surrounded by eight-foot-tall barbed-wire fences. The house occupies the only address within the proclaimed Republic: "2., Antifaschismusplatz" ("2nd district of Vienna; Anti-Fascism Square"), and 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 for 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.

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  The Republic of Kugelmugel
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  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.

External links

• Media related to Kugelmugel at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived March 27, 2022) (in German)