In the center of Vienna is the republic "Kugelmugel" presented a spherical house

In 1984, the Austrian artist Edwin Lipbyurger illegally built house in the heart of Vienna, the spherical shape and, after a brief but fiery disputes with the authorities decided to "dissociate itself" from Austria and declare his property independent Republic Kugelmugel, which means "Spherical Hill».





For non-payment of taxes and issue its own stamps Lipbyurgera jailed, but when on the eccentric architect learned President of Austria, he was umilёn, and Edwin was pardoned and set free - in its sovereign spherical house.





After trying the next mayor of Vienna Helmut Tsilka carry Kugelmugel, mikrorespublika surrounded by barbed wire. For the right to visit the unrecognized state tourists pay real euros. Edwin Lipbyurgeru now I 83, the national economy "republic" run by his son Klaus, an Austrian passport whose family name is written exactly as it should be:-Lipbyurger Kugelmugel.

Source: www.muz4in.net

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