Stans (Tyrol)

Stans

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

black

License plate :

SZ

Surface:

20.06 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 22 ' N , 11 ° 43' E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 '8 " N , 11 ° 43' 8" E

Height :

563 m above sea level A.

Residents :

2,132 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

6135

Area code :

05242

Community code :

7 09 28

NUTS region

AT335

Address of the
municipal administration:

Unterdorf 62
6135 Stans

Website:

www.stans.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Michael Huber
(Stans Citizens List)

Municipal Council : (2016)
(13 members)

6 Stans citizens' list
5 Together for Stans
2 Trade, craft and farmers

Location of Stans in the Schwaz district

Stans from the north with the Herz-Jesu-Kirche

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Stans is a municipality with 2132 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the district of Schwaz , Tyrol ( Austria ).

Geographical location

Stans is located in the Lower Inn Valley on the left side of the Inn, near Schwaz. The town center extends over an alluvial cone of the Stanser Bach.

Community structure

Stans consists of a single cadastral community of the same name and is divided into three localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

Impact turn (100)
Stans (2024)
Tratzberg (8)

The districts of Unterdorf, Oberdorf, Heimwald, Vogelsang, Am Rain, Berchat, Kirchfeld, Schloss Tratzberg , Dornau, Durrach, Heuberg, Rossweide, St. Georgenberg, Tenniscenter and Stanser Au belong to Stans.

Neighboring communities

All neighboring communities are in the Schwaz district.

Right on the Achensee	Jenbach
		Book in Tyrol
Vomp	black

history

The name Stans appears for the first time in the so-called Quartinus document from the year 827 AD as “Stauanes” , when the Breonian Nurihtaler Quarti (nus) transferred ownership to the San Candido monastery , although the naming cannot be clearly related to Stans.

The oldest traces of settlement go back to the first millennium BC. Archaeological investigations were carried out on the castle hill near Stans from 1952 to 1957. Remnants of buildings from the late Hallstatt and Latène periods were uncovered, including residential buildings and fireplaces. The largest building from the Latène period measured approximately 8 × 9 m in the square. Both the Hallstatt and the Latène settlements were destroyed by fire - in both cases the fire sites were apparently soon searched for useful items.

Rathold von Aibling, a Rapotone and landowner in Stans, is considered the founder of St. Georgenberg (around 950).

The old church, consecrated to Saints Laurentius and Ulrich, was mentioned in a document in 1337. The church patronage Laurentius alone suggests a very old place of worship. Excavation finds indicate that the first church was built in the 5th century. Thus, Stans is one of the very few places in North Tyrol whose church history goes back to the time of the first missionary work in the country.

Since 1470 Stans had a share in the Schwaz silver and copper mining. Smelting works were located on the Stanserbach and the Tänzl family's trade house ( Silberbrenner ) has been preserved from that time.

Tratzberg Castle was mentioned for the first time in 1296. The sovereign princes, the Freundsbergers , the Tänzl trade family, the wealthy Fuggers and the Counts of Tannenberg were once owners of Tratzberg. The castle has been owned by Count Enzenberg since 1848 .

The Ahrner copper union of Count Tannenberg set up a Leonische wire goods factory in 1802 , which to this day produces a wide variety of products from fine silver and copper wires.

From 1890 until the First World War there was the first Kneipp facility in Tyrol in Stans .

coat of arms

In 1960 Stans received the municipal coat of arms from the Tyrolean provincial government.
Blazon (coat of arms description):

"A shield split by gold and blue with an upright black rust in the golden field and three golden ears of wheat in the blue field."

The colors of the municipality flag: yellow-blue.

Reason: The grate of St. Lawrence symbolizes the patronage of the old parish church. The ears of wheat, which come from the supposed coat of arms of Ratold von Aibling , are remembered for the founder of the Georgenberg monastery.

Economy and Infrastructure

Large and medium-sized companies have settled in the Dornau industrial estate , including the fruit juice and jam producer Darbo , which has a long tradition . This helps Stans to achieve a positive commuter balance. Alongside Darbo, the Gschwentner family company, Travel Europe , is the largest employer in town. Stans has also become more interesting as a recreational village for tourists.

Traffic default, the place about the exit is Schwaz of the Inn Valley motorway A 12 and a stop on the Western Railway opened.

Culture and sights

Old parish church

Old parish church of Stans

The Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , built between 1885 and 1896, is worth seeing in the village . It was built in the neo-Gothic style and has a high altar that was modeled on the altar of the Brussels Cathedral . Above Stans is the small pilgrimage church Maria Tax, built in 1667, with frescoes by the famous painter Christoph Anton Mayr . At the west entrance of the village there is a stone wayside shrine from around 1500.

The St. Georgenberg Monastery, which can be reached via the Wolfsklamm , is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in Tyrol, and Tratzberg Castle , located on a north-eastern hill, is important for tourism . The Wolfsklamm has been opened up since 1901, a consequence of the wellness tourism in Stans at the time. A section of the Way of St. James runs through Stans , which stretches from Jenbach via Stans, St. Georgenberg Monastery, to Vomp , Fiecht Monastery , and from there via Terfens to the Umlberg, Maria Larch pilgrimage church .