Brandberg (Tyrol)

Brandberg

coat of arms

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

black

License plate :

SZ

Surface:

156.07 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 10 ' N , 11 ° 54' E Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '1 " N , 11 ° 53' 54" E

Height :

1082 m above sea level A.

Residents :

362 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

6290

Area code :

05285

Community code :

7 09 03

NUTS region

AT335

Address of the
municipal administration:

Brandberg 13
6290 Brandberg

Website:

www.brandberg.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Heinz Ebenbichler (General Brandberger List)

Municipal Council : (2016)
(11 members)

11 General Brandberger List

Location of Brandberg in the Schwaz district

Brandberg seen from the opposite side of the valley

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Brandberg is a municipality with 362 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

Brandberg is located in the Zillergrund , a side valley of the rear Zillertal, which branches off at Mayrhofen and is traversed by the Ziller . The municipality takes up almost the entire Zillergrund and extends to the border with South Tyrol ( Italy ). The main town of the same name is about 200 m above the Ziller, while the rest of the settlement is characterized by several farms and hamlets . The community owes its sunshine all day to the south-exposed location. The highest farms are at around 1300 m above sea level. A nearby mountain is the Brandberger Kolm ( 2700 m ).

Community structure

Brandberg consists of a single cadastral municipality and village of the same name .

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Brandberg (156.48 km²)	Brandberg (R) Ahornach (W) Emberg (W) Pits (W) Pignella (R) Ritzl (W) Schrofen (R) Windhag (ZH) Zillergrund (ZH)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria -

The districts of Pignellen, Steglach, Dorf, Windhag, Emberg, Stein, Ahornach, Gruben, Ritzl-Pötzmann, Nößlrain-Klaushof, Häusling, Au and Bärenbad belong to the municipality.

Neighboring communities

Four of the six neighboring communities are in the Schwaz district.

	Ramsau im Zillertal and Hainzenberg	Gerlos
Mayrhofen		Krimml (Zell am See / Salzburg district)
	Prettau (South Tyrol)

history

The name Brandberg (formerly known as Pramberg, Pramach) is derived either from blackberry lash or from slash and burn. In the 12th century, the Archbishop of Salzburg cultivated the Brandberg in a single clearing operation. At that time, five Schwaigen (cattle farms) were established, which had to pay the responsible Maierhof interest and taxes in kind. It was operated with the South Tyrolean Ahrntal exchange economy over the Jöcher. The Schwaighöfe were gradually divided.

Until 1801 Brandberg was a separate tax and administrative district, to which Mayrhofen also belonged.

In 1837 427 Zillertal inclinants had to leave their homeland. Among them were 89 people from Brandberg, which corresponded to almost a third of the population. 416 emigrated to Lower Silesia, eleven of them to Carinthia and Styria to existing tolerance communities .

In 1960 the road connection was expanded to stimulate tourism. In 1987 the Zillergründl storage facility was completed.

Population development

coat of arms

In 1984 the municipality of Brandberg was given a municipal coat of arms. It shows a golden tip in green, inside a green blackberry stem with leaves and black fruit.

economy

The main sources of income are agriculture and tourism, with Brandberg promoting gentle tourism in contrast to Mayrhofen, for example. The generation of electrical energy (Zillergründl storage facility with power plant) also plays a role. In the side valleys of the Zillergründl, there is mainly seasonal alpine farming.

In the area of the community there are two mountain huts ( Kolmhaus 1845 m and Plauener hut 2373 m ).

Culture and sights

Catholic Parish Church of the Holy Cross

Catholic Parish Church of the Holy Cross
Maria Schnee local chapel

traffic

Two routes lead from Mayrhofen to Brandberg. One is known as the gorge route, the second and more modern leads through the Brandberg tunnel, a tunnel from Hollenzen (a district of Mayrhofen) towards Zillergrund and then on to Brandberg. In the meantime, however, the renovation and widening of the section of the gorge, which was previously in a relatively poor state of construction, has been tackled. The Zillertalbahn has its terminus in Mayrhofen, from there there is bus service.

Sons and daughters of the church

Hans Schneeberger (1895–1970), cameraman

Web links

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

70903 - Brandberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
History-Tyrol: Brandberg
Community website