technology park for software located in hagenberg im m hlkreis austria founded in 1989 by professor bruno buchberger . the softwarepark hagenberg is a unique collaboration where research business and education are intensively cooperating . 1 2 2 because of its success the park has been called the wunder von hagenberg miracle from hagenberg . 3 contents 1 history 2 composition 3 expansion 4 books 5 references 6 external links history edit buchberger devised the concept for the park in 1989 . it was created to balance both economic needs and desire for research and as such the concept focused one third on economic production one third on research and one third on academic education in the field of it and related sciences . 2 these three components drive a synergetic spirale of innovation . softwarepark has four main partners the province of upper austria the johannes kepler university linz the community of hagenberg and raiffeisen landesbank ober sterreich a major local bank . 1 4 the first institute to be established in the park was buchberger s research institute for symbolic computation risc with then 25 students and employees . 3 today softwarepark is increasing its international activities e.g. with isi international studies in informatics hagenberg or the recently launched international incubator hagenberg . within the twenty years of its existence 100 million were invested into developing the park . 1 composition edit the park currently houses 50 companies with more than 1000 employees as well as more than 1400 students of a number of universities and colleges amongst them the research institute for symbolic computation 1 3 and the software competence center hagenberg scch 5 funded by the austrian comet program . additionally the park houses a social project for people with disabilities to provide computer support in cooperation with the diakonisches werk gallneukirchen and the fachhochschule hagenberg . 6 expansion edit the current expansion schedule plans to expand the park with 20 million in funds until 2012 with the expansion of the research institute for symbolic computation as well as a hotel sport arenas and an international student union building . 1 an additional 50 million are planned to be invested until 2014 for the expansion of the companies and research institutes in the park . 3 4 books edit buchberger bruno ; et al. eds . 1 july 2009 . hagenberg research . springer verlag . isbn 3 642 02126 3 . references edit a b c d e leitner karl 24 february 2009 . 20 millionen f r den softwarepark hagenberg in german . wirtschaftsblatt . retrieved 2009 07 28 . a b c der softwarepark hagenberg in german . orf.at . retrieved 2009 07 28 . a b c d gansrigler franz 19 march 2008 . weitere 50 millionen f r das wunder von hagenberg in german . wirtschaftsblatt . retrieved 2009 07 28 . a b rubasch ulrike 4 february 2009 . softwarepark will anzahl der mitarbeiter verdoppeln in german . nachrichten.at . retrieved 2009 07 28 . http www.scch.at en software competence center hagenberg tzschentke karin 29 december 2005 . sozialprojekt schneidert ma pc in german . der standard . retrieved 2009 07 28 . external links edit softwarepark hagenberg website coordinates 48 22 11 n 14 30 46 e 48.36964 n 14.512807 e 48.36964 ; 14.512807 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title softwarepark hagenberg & oldid 679085310 categories 1989 establishments in austriascience parks in austriahigh technology business districtsinformation technology placesbuildings and structures in upper austriahidden categories cs1 german language sources de coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 2 september 2015 at 10 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view