The "Republic of Kugelmugel"

Another view of Kugelmugel

Kugelmugel is a micronation located in Vienna, Austria. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 123 KB)Picture of the Kugelmugelhaus in Vienna (from German Wikipedia) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 123 KB)Picture of the Kugelmugelhaus in Vienna (from German Wikipedia) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Kugelmugel1. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Kugelmugel1. ... Micronations – sometimes also referred to as cybernations, fantasy countries, model countries, and new country projects – are entities that resemble independent nations or states, but for the most part exist only on paper, on the Internet, or in the minds of their creators. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ...

In 1984, the artist Edwin Lipburger built a ball-shaped house with a barbed-wire fence around it on a small plot in the Vienna Prater and declared its independence as the Republic of Kugelmugel (the name referring to the shape). The only address within the proclaimed Republic is "Antifaschismusplatz 1" (1, Anti-Fascism Square), and the founder is one of the 389 citizens. He refused to pay taxes to the Austrian government and began to print his own stamps, for which he received a prison sentence in court. Only a pardon by the Austrian President saved him from going to jail. This page is about the year 1984. ... Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine states (Land Wien). ... The Hauptallee in the Prater Leopoldstadt (Leopold-Town) is Viennas second district. ... Kugel (Pronounced koo-gel or ki-gel) is a traditional Jewish dessert or side dish. ... This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ... The Leopoldine Wing of Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna: home to the offices of the Federal President. ...

As Kugelmugel came to be quite well-known in the public, it also became a tourist attraction of Vienna.