Imsterberg

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

Imst

License plate :

IN THE

Surface:

10.81 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 12 ' N , 10 ° 42' E Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '20 " N , 10 ° 41' 50" E

Height :

879 m above sea level A.

Residents :

801 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

74 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6492

Area code :

05412

Community code :

7 02 04

NUTS region

AT334

Address of the
municipal administration:

Ried 4
6492 Imsterberg

Website:

www.imsterberg.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Alois Thurner (List of Mayors)

Municipal Council : (2016)
(11 members)

6 Alois Thurner - joint mayor list for Imsterberg, 4 independent list Imsterberg, 1 for Imsterberg - for Tyrol

Location of Imsterberg in the Imst district

Imsterberg village center

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Imsterberg is a municipality with 801 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Imst district ( Imst judicial district ) of the state of Tyrol ( Austria ) at an altitude of 844 m (724 - 1074 m).

geography

The municipality of Imsterberg extends in several hamlets over the slopes of the Venet massif , on the southern inner side opposite Imst . The districts of Imsterau and Erlenau are on the valley floor. Of the 10.81 km², around 2.47 km² are in permanent settlement areas.

Districts

Districts of Imsterberg are:

Erlenau,
Imsterau,
Reed,
End field,
Höfle,
Vorderpadegg and
Hinterspadegg

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities of Imsterberg are:

history

Old field names suggest that the area was settled for a long time. The place was first mentioned in a document in 1282 . In 1427 both Imsterberg and Imsterau were named as places of the Imst court . This was followed by the tax separation between Au and Berg in 1629. In 1811 the political municipality of Imsterberg was established. At that time the small village was under Bavarian occupation.

Towards the end of World War II , advancing American tanks shot at the place when German soldiers threw fire at them. The tanks destroyed almost all of the houses. Most of them were rebuilt after the war.

Population development

Culture and sights

Parish Church of the Seven Sorrows with Widum and War Memorial Chapel
Chapel in Höfle
Chapel 14 emergency helpers in Imsterau
Chapel in frontspadegg
Chapel in Hinterspadegg

economy

Economic importance is in addition to agriculture and private distilleries especially the hydropower plant Imst the Tyrolean Hydropower , which was built from 1953 to 1956. A pressure tunnel more than 12 kilometers long branches off the Inn and enables the water to fall 145 meters.

Many community citizens work in the neighboring communities and in central Tyrol. The community has 93 inbound workers and 324 outbound commuters (as of 2017).

Tourism is only of minor importance in the place, whereby the accommodation establishments in Imsterberg benefit from the central location of the place in the Inn valley. The approx. 110 guest beds available in around 12 accommodation providers ensured around 14,000 overnight stays in 2019. A popular destination is the Imsterberger Venet Alm on the eastern foothills of the Venetberg at 1,908 m above sea level.

traffic

The municipality is connected to the railway network with the Imsterberg stop of the Arlbergbahn (located in Imsterau ). The stop was extensively modernized in 2019 and is now barrier-free. In the course of the renovation, the barrier systems on site on the railway line were also automated. This ended the era of the gatekeepers in the village (the last on the western railway between Vienna and Bregenz).

Web links

Commons : Imsterberg - collection of images, videos and audio files

70204 - Imsterberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Imsterberg municipality
Imsterberg , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government: Municipalities and planning associations. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
↑ Tiroler Wasserkraft AG: The power plants of Tiroler Wasserkraft (brochure)
↑ Imsterberger Venet Alm - Holidays in the TirolWest holiday region. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
↑ Last gatekeeper between Vienna and Bregenz says Servus. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020 ; accessed on February 29, 2020 .

[:0-1] Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government: Municipalities and planning associations. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .

[2] Tiroler Wasserkraft AG: The power plants of Tiroler Wasserkraft (brochure)

[3] Imsterberger Venet Alm - Holidays in the TirolWest holiday region. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .

[4] Last gatekeeper between Vienna and Bregenz says Servus. Archived from the original on February 29, 2020 ; accessed on February 29, 2020 .