Aschau in the Zillertal

Aschau in the Zillertal
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	black
License plate :	SZ
Surface:	20.23 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 16 '  N , 11 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '47 "  N , 11 ° 53' 47"  E
Height :	567  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,844 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	91 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6274
Area code :	05282
Community code :	7 09 02
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfplatz 1 6274 Aschau in the Zillertal
Website:	https://www.aschauimzillertal.com/index.php
politics
Mayor :	Andreas Egger
Municipal Council : (2016) (13 members)	4 Aschau Citizens List Team Hans Peter Fankhauser, 7 Together for Aschau with Mayor Andreas Egger, 1 Fresh Wind for Aschau - FWFA, 1 Mia fia Enk - MfE
Location of Aschau in the Zillertal in the Schwaz district
Aschau from the northwest
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Aschau im Zillertal is a municipality with 1844 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zillertal and belongs to the Schwaz district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The community is located in the judicial district of Zell am Ziller .

geography

Aschau lies at the transition from the front to the rear Zillertal, at a narrow point. Besides Mayrhofen, it is the only community on both sides of the Ziller. The municipality consists of the main town Aschau and scattered hamlets on the mountain slopes and on the valley floor.

Neighboring communities

Kaltenbach , Rohrberg , Stumm , Stummerberg , Zell am Ziller , Zellberg

Community structure

The municipality includes the following two localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):

• Aschau (1600)
• Distelberg (244)

history

Aschau was first mentioned in a document in 1309 as "Aschowe" (Eschenau). The name refers to the extensive riparian forests that covered the valley floor of the Ziller until the 11th century. The district Distelberg was first mentioned in a document in 1188.

For historical reasons, the municipality is divided into the diocese of Innsbruck west of the Ziller and the archdiocese of Salzburg (Distelberg) east of the Ziller.

1973 Aschau was united with the formerly independent municipality Distelberg.

mayor

• 2003-2009 Josef Geisler (ÖVP)
• 2009–2010 Hans Peter Fankhauser
• since 2010 Andreas Egger

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Aschau im Zillertal

• The parish church of Aschau in the Zillertal was built in 1850 in the style of late classicism.

economy

Agriculture, two-season tourism (located between the Hochzillertal and Zillertal Arena ski areas near Zell am Ziller ) and some smaller businesses are of economic importance . Otherwise, many residents commute to their workplaces.

Partner municipality

The partner municipality of Aschau im Zillertal is Oberwil in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft . This partnership can be traced back to the large number of Aschau workers who, especially in the 1980s, were repeatedly involved in felling and tree care in Oberwil . The twinning of the two places took place in Aschau on 1/2. July and in Oberwil on 23/24. September 1989.

traffic

Aschau is connected via the Zillertalstrasse and the Zillertalbahn with the Aschau im Zillertal , Angererbach-Arnbach and Erlach im Zillertal stops . The apex stretch of the Zillertaler Höhenstraße can also be reached from Aschau .

Personalities

• Johann Baptist Pendl (1791-1859), sculptor
• Alexandra Daum (* 1986), skier started for SV Aschau

Web links

Commons : Aschau im Zillertal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History-Tyrol: Aschau in the Zillertal
• 70902 - Aschau in the Zillertal. Community data, Statistics Austria .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Aschau im Zillertal - partner community Oberwil. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .