Achental (Tyrol)
| Achental | ||
|---|---|---|
 Achensee with Achental looking south |
||
| location | Tyrol , Austria | |
| Waters | Ache | |
| Mountains | Karwendel , Rofan | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 32 ' N , 11 ° 42' E | |
|
||
| Type | Trough valley | |
| height | 800 to 1000 m above sea level A. | |
| length | 17 km | |
The Achental is a valley that connects the Lower Inn Valley in Tyrol , Austria , with the Isar Valley in Bavaria . It separates the Karwendel Mountains in the west from the Rofan, part of the Brandenberger Alps in the east and the Mangfall Mountains in the north.
geography
The Achental is not to be confused with the Achental in Bavaria, which is about 60 km further east . It includes the 9 km long Achensee , which today feeds the power plant of the same name and thus mainly drains to the Inn , and the Seeache , the original drain to the Isar. It runs from the Achensee in a north to northwest direction to the Sylvenstein reservoir of the Isar. Around 2 km south of the Achensee, the valley drops steeply by around 400 meters into the Inn valley. Shortly after the upper end of the Achensee, the original watershed between Inn and Isar runs with the Wankratbach to the Achensee and the Kasbach to the Inn.
The communities in the Achental are Achenkirch (the community was called Achental until 1971) with the district Achenwald and Eben am Achensee with the districts Pertisau and Maurach . By Achental by leading Jenbach next federal highway 181 that leaves the Achental shortly before the German border and over the Achenpass in Bavaria to Wildbad Kreuth and Tegernsee continues. From Jenbach, the Achensee cog railway climbs through the Kasbach valley to the southern shore of the lake.
The Achental forms a planning association of the state of Tyrol, which comprises the communities Achenkirch, Eben am Achensee and Steinberg am Rofan with a total of 5764 inhabitants (as of January 1st, 2020) and an area of 379 km² (4.4% of which is permanent settlement area).
history
The valley is first mentioned around 1120, when the lords of Schlitters , feudal people of the Counts of Andechs , Locus et lacus, qui Emaus appellatur ("area and lake that are called Emaus") donated the Georgenberg monastery. The name "Emaus" was an invention of the monks based on the biblical place . The current name appears in the documents first in the form of Achene and Vallis Achen (Achental), in the 14th century it is also referred to as Sant Jörgental . The name Achental itself appears for the first time around 1500 in Emperor Maximilian I's fishing book . The valley used to be one of the main transport routes (over the Achenpass to Munich ) for the salt from the mining near Hall in Tirol .
Web links
- Achental in the Tyrol Atlas of the University of Innsbruck
- State of Tyrol: Planning Association 23 - Achental