Brandenberg (Tyrol)

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Brandenberg
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Brandenberg (Tyrol) (Austria)
Brandenberg (Tyrol)
Basic data
Country: Austria
State : Tyrol
Political District : Kufstein
License plate : KU
Surface: 130.02 km²
Coordinates : 47 ° 30 '  N , 11 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '29 "  N , 11 ° 53' 27"  E
Height : 919  m above sea level A.
Residents : 1,526 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code : 6234
Area code : 05331
Community code : 7 05 04
Address of the
municipal administration:
Brandenberg 8 b
6234 Brandenberg
Website: www.brandenberg.tirol.gv.at
politics
Mayor : Hannes Neuhauser ( LUB )
Municipal Council : (2016)
(13 members)

6 List of independent Brandenbergers ( LUB )
5 Brandenberg community list (BGL)
1 Party-free and SPÖ
1 Free farmers and employees (FBA)

Location of Brandenberg in the Kufstein district
Alpbach Angath Angerberg Bad Häring Brandenberg Breitenbach am Inn Brixlegg Ebbs Ellmau Erl Kirchbichl Kramsach Kufstein Kundl Langkampfen Mariastein Münster Niederndorf Niederndorferberg Radfeld Rattenberg Reith im Alpbachtal Rettenschöss Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser Schwoich Söll Thiersee Walchsee Wildschönau Wörgl Tirol (Bundesland)Location of the municipality of Brandenberg (Tyrol) in the Kufstein district (clickable map)
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Brandenberg is a municipality with 1526 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in Tyrol . It consists of the village of Brandenberg and the district of Aschau further to the north, was first mentioned in 1140 and has been an independent community since the beginning of the 19th century.

geography

Brandenberg is located in the valley of the Brandenberger Ache in the judicial district of Rattenberg and borders the Free State of Bavaria in Germany in the north.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the only cadastral municipality Brandenberg and comprises the following two localities (residents as of January 1, 2020)

  • Aschau (371)
  • Brandenberg (1155)

Neighboring communities

Three of the seven neighboring communities are in the Kufstein district, two in the Schwaz district (SZ) and two in the Miesbach district (MB) in Bavaria.

Steinberg am Rofan (SZ) Kreuth and Rottach-Egern (MB) Thiersee
Achenkirch (SZ) Neighboring communities
Kramsach Breitenbach am Inn

Population development

politics

mayor
  • until 2010 Albert Ender (community list)
  • since 2010 Hans Jürgen Neuhauser (LUB)

Culture and sights

Parish Church of St. George
See also:  List of listed objects in Brandenberg

economy

Continuous agricultural use has been evident since the High Middle Ages , and today, in addition to tourism , hunting and forestry are particularly important. Relics from the time of the Holztrift can be found in the entire Brandenberger Valley , which was a center of the timber industry until 1966. The best known are the Erzherzog-Johann-Klause , the Tiefenbach- and the Kaiserklamm .

A specialty of the place is the beating cake .

Personalities

  • Andrä Rupprechte (* 1961), politician (ÖVP), former Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )

Web links

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