Brixen im Thale

Brixen im Thale
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Kitzbühel
License plate :	KB
Surface:	31.36 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 27 '  N , 12 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 27 '0 "  N , 12 ° 15' 0"  E
Height :	794  m above sea level A.
Residents :	2,639 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	6364
Area code :	05334
Community code :	7 04 02
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 93 6364 Brixen im Thale
Website:	www.brixen.tirol.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Ernst Huber ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2016) (15 members)	8th 4th 2 1 8th 4th 2 1  A total of 15 seats ÖVP : 8 WfesB : 4 SPÖ : 2 FPÖ : 1
Location of Brixen im Thale in the Kitzbühel district
The municipality of Brixen is located roughly in the middle of the Brixental valley, with the Wilder Kaiser in the background
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Brixen im Thale ( Brix'n in the Tyrolean dialect , Brixen i. Th. For short ) is a municipality in Tyrol in Austria with 2639 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). It is located about eleven kilometers (as the crow flies) west of the district capital Kitzbühel and is the capital of the Brixental Valley . The community is located in the judicial district of Kitzbühel .

The first documentary mention of the place took place in the years 788-790 as "Prixina" in the so-called Notitia Arnonis . However, it is already a settlement around 3000 BC. To prove. Brixen is the oldest place in the valley, one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Salzburg and in the Tyrolean lowlands .

geography

location

Brixen im Thale is 794 meters above sea level on the highest point of the Brixental in the middle of the grass mountains of the Kitzbühel Alps . The settlement area extends predominantly north of the railway line, with isolated fractions also on the southern side of the valley. The Brixenbachtal branches off southeast of the town center , which is densely forested and known as a natural recreation area. To the north of the village there are numerous mountain slopes known as Sonnberg, which are mainly used for agriculture. The slopes south of the village, called Schattseitn , are coniferous forest with the exception of a few alpine pastures.

The municipality is delimited in the east by the Sautalgraben and the Achenbergbach and in the west mainly by the Bockernbach and the Bockernbachtal . In the north and south, the municipal boundary runs mainly on the mountains of the Kitzbühel Alps.

Community structure

Districts of Brixens (counting district)
Counting district		Residents	Apartments	building
000	Brixen-Lauterbach	1.306	644	422
001	Sonnberg-Buchberg-Achenberg	1,268	475	494
Population figures as of 2001

The municipality consists of the cadastral municipality Brixen im Thale. The municipal area comprises the following five localities (population in brackets as of May 15, 2001):

• Brixen im Thale (479)
• Feuring (681)
• Courtyard (436)
• Lauterbach (714)
• Sonnberg (264)

Land use

Of the 31.38 km² community area (as of 2011):

Of the 31.38 km², about 12.60 km² (40.2%) are permanent settlements.

The length of the Bressanone municipal road is around 2.50 km, the length of the federal road 170 3.19 km. There are five railway underpasses in the municipality. The entire Brixental has been barrier-free since 2010 .

Rivers and streams

The main river of the municipality is the Brixentaler Ache . It arises from the source streams Schleicherbach , Lauterbach and Brixenbach. The streams include the Achenbergbach, Adlgraben, Badhausbach, Bahngraben, Bergergraben, Gauxgraben, Grabnerbach, Gugggraben, Jodlbach, Kendlbach, Kernbach, Ködringgraben, Kranzbach, Lasslgraben, Raggingraben, Santenbach, Sautalgraben, Schrahnbach, Tanzergraben I-III.

Due to several source rivers in the municipal area, torrential rains can lead to flooding, especially in the districts of Feuring, Lauterbach and Hof. This can cause considerable damage, such as B. happened in 1946. In recent years construction work has been carried out on some streams and ditches so that recurring flood situations cannot occur on a large scale.

mountains

The highest mountain in the municipality is the Fleiding with 1892  m above sea level. A. To the northeast of the village, the Hohe Salve mountain range rises at 1,829  m above sea level. A. , north of it is the Zinsberg at 1674  m above sea level. A. South of the village is the Nachtsöllberg at 1886  m above sea level. A. and the Gaisberg at 1767  m above sea level. A. , divided by the valley of the Brixenbach .

Neighboring communities

The communities Ellmau, Kirchberg in Tirol, Söll and Westendorf border on Brixen.

Söll	Söll , Ellmau	Ellmau
Westendorf		Kirchberg in Tyrol
Westendorf	Westendorf , Kirchberg in Tirol	Kirchberg in Tyrol

climate

The place is in the northern congestion areas, where the annual precipitation is correspondingly high. The average annual rainfall is currently around 1,300 mm. The main precipitation period is between April and October with maximum values ​​in June, July and August. During this time, heavy rain or thunderclouds, which can grow into hail storms, often move from the west over the Hohe Salve and Westendorf. Strong storms are very rare due to the foehn area . In addition, the mountains often shield the winds well. The winters are very rainy due to the northern congestion.

Brixen im Thale
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     2 -6     4th -5     9 -1     14th 4th     19th 8th     22nd 11     24 13     23 13     20th 10     14th 5     8th 0     3 -4 Temperature in ° C Source: klima.org

Average monthly temperatures for Brixen im Thale Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 2 4th 9 14th 19th 22nd 24 23 20th 14th 8th 3 O 13.5 Min. Temperature (° C) -6 -5 -1 4th 8th 11 13 13 10 5 0 -4 O 4th Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 3 4th 5 5 6th 5 6th 6th 6th 4th 2 2 O 4.5 Rainy days ( d ) 16 14th 13 16 17th 18th 18th 17th 14th 13 14th 14th Σ 184 Source: klima.org

geology

The current appearance of the Brixental was mainly formed in the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago. For a mountain valley ( trough valley ) it is relatively wide and flat. The valley floor is a maximum of two kilometers wide. Only occasionally can one find Mur alluvial cones from the side stream valleys, which have gradually been deposited. The center lies on a very flat section, while the districts of Lauterbach , Winkl-Feuring and smaller fractions are on smaller elevations. To the east of the village, in the direction of Kirchberg, the Ragginggraben has deposited a mighty Murschwemmkegel near the Brixental-Leukental valley watershed. The mountain slopes and ridges are not too steep and can therefore be assigned to the low mountain range. The valley lies exclusively in the Grauwackenzone .

population

Demographics

Of the 2,673 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012), 14.5% were under 15 years of age, 17.5% were older than 65, and the largest proportion of the population was between 40 and 49 years old.

10.5% were not Austrian citizens , of which 7 residents (compared to the total population 0.26%) did not come from Europe. The distribution between the female (1,389) and male (1,284) population in the village is almost balanced.

Families and households

The 2001 census identified 716 families, mostly married couples . The second largest share made up the living communities. The number of families with no or one child was almost the same, around 31% reported one child, 26% reported two children in the family. There were around 1000 households in the village, with most of the Brixen residents living in two- and four-person households.

The proportion of single and married people in the Brixen population was roughly equal in 2001 with 47.8% and 42.7%.

religion

According to the census of May 15, 2001, there were 2,574 inhabitants, of which 2,386 or 92.7% professed the Roman Catholic Church . Around 2% were Protestant and just under 1% Islamic . 3.5% were without religious beliefs.

education

Of the 2062 residents who were older than 15 years in 2001, 5.7% had completed a high school diploma, with 2.8% also having completed a university , technical college or academy . Around 1,100 people from the relevant population group had an apprenticeship qualification or a vocational secondary school certificate . Almost 37% had compulsory school as their highest qualification.

Population development

For a long time, Brixen was a long, rural street village dominated by the town center. Due to its old age, the community was indeed a spiritual and cultural center, but since the lower main town of Hopfgarten was elevated to a market town and this was able to expand its trade, transport and commercial functions, Brixen has grown into an economic competitor. The result was a smaller increase in population than in the surrounding communities. In 1497 the village had a comparable population level, which, unlike in the neighboring communities, grew only slightly until 1869.

Change in the number of inhabitants in the municipalities of the Brixental (1497–1869)

year	Brixen	Kirchberg	Westendorf	Hopfgarten
1497	751	916	775	924
1792	917	1493	1304	2210
1817	986	1147	1127	1836
1837	947	1608	1219	2363
1869	992	1655	1324	2757

For a long time the population lived largely from agriculture. Only with the opening of the Giselabahn did a major boom come and more and more people moved to the village. At the same time tourism developed. In the 1870s, the community exceeded the 1000-inhabitant limit. Between 1900 and 1939 the population increased by 30%. Between 1950 and 2001 the number grew by almost 60% and around 2600 inhabitants were registered. A maximum of 2,666 inhabitants was reached in 2011. Since then there have been a few years with a strongly negative migration balance , which could no longer be offset by the mostly slightly positive birth balance , so that the population has decreased.

Second home problem

Brixen im Thale reported the most second homes in the Kitzbühel district . For every 100 main residences there are 60.2 secondary residences. According to the current status, that is 1610 people (January 1, 2012), which together with the officially registered citizens results in a population of approx. 4300 inhabitants. The reason that so many are officially registered as having a second residence in Brixen is due, on the one hand, to the fact that in recent years many old buildings have been bought, renovated and expanded by non-community residents, and on the other hand, the community is very strict when it comes to rededications, as there are in Tyrol it is only the contractual spatial planning . The trend towards a second home is increasing. Furthermore, many municipalities in the district take strict action against illegal main residences, but it was emphasized by the Mayor of Brixen that it cannot always be proven whether everything is legally reported, especially when pensioners from other countries settle in Austrian municipalities.

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history

The name Brixen

The exact origin of the name Brixen is not clear. In any case, the name cannot be associated with any German word and seems to come from the Celtic period, because there are a number of similar place names, including a. Brixen in South Tyrol , Brixia in Lombardy , Brixellum in Emilia , all of which have the same origin. The name is probably derived from the Roman word Prixina , which is derived from the Celtic word * brigsina (root word * brigs ( * briga )) and means something like small (fortified) hill or mountain .

Brixen before the first mention of the name

Around 3000 BC The Celts penetrated the Alpine valleys, including the Brixental, and established small towns. This can be proven by archaeological finds of two axes and a sword. An urn cemetery and the remains of a small settlement were found on the Götschen (mountain slope), which is now southeast of the village center . At that time mining was probably already in progress. Mainly copper was mined.

In the 3rd century AD, the Romans advanced into the Alpine valleys and settled in what is now the municipality of Brixen. They built a small secular building on the site of today's deanery church .

From 483 the Tyrolean lowlands belonged to the northern part of the Ostrogoth Empire under King Theodoric , from around 550 the Bavarians immigrated and gradually mixed with the Rhaeto-Romanic population. The "-ing" places are reminiscent of the Bavarian conquest. Since then, the Brixental has been part of the Bavarian duchy of the Agilolfinger .

8th century to 1800

In the years 788–790, the then Bishop Arn of Salzburg had the " Notitia Arnonis " made. This is a list of the oldest possessions in Salzburg. A parish in Bressanone ( “Prixina” ) is also mentioned in the record . At that time it was the only parish in the Tyrolean lowlands mentioned for the first time and is therefore one of the oldest in the Archdiocese of Salzburg .

In 902 the aristocratic Diepoldinger family invaded the region. Around 1165 there was a pastor for the first time who was responsible as vicar for all parishes in Brixental . In 1312 the entire Brixental came to the Archdiocese of Salzburg.

In 1481 the Taz library in the parish of Brixen was mentioned, which was donated in 1473 by Wilhelm Taz (pastor and teacher) and named after him. Today you can still find all the old writings in it in good condition. Furthermore, there was already a small school in town at that time.

In 1634 the Brixental was affected by the Thirty Years War . Swedish troops moved across the Leukental to the Talenge Klausenbach near Kirchberg and tried to occupy the Brixental. According to numerous stories, the "Enterlender farmers" from Brixen, Kirchberg and Westendorf were informed about it, rode the Swedish riders towards Kitzbühel, won the battle together with the Kitzbühel women farmers and were able to fight back the Swedes. That is why the women of Kitzbühel still sit on the right side of the parish church in Kitzbühel , which is traditionally reserved for men. The so-called kick-off is carried out as a memory of this victory. It leads to the Klausenkapelle in Kirchberg, built in 1750, where you can read: “So far and no further / Did the Swedish riders come”.

At the beginning of the 17th century, mining began again and mainly copper was mined, which was processed in the neighboring municipality of Kirchberg. Mining ceased at the end of the 18th century.

Transition to Austria

With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803, the ecclesiastical territories in Germany were almost completely dissolved, and the Archdiocese of Salzburg first came to the Habsburg secondary school in Tuscany , then in 1805 after the Peace of Pressburg to Austria, which in return had to cede Tyrol to Bavaria. In 1809/10 the former Archdiocese of Salzburg and with it the Brixental also became part of Bavaria, and it was only after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 that the Salzburg and Tyrolean areas were finally united in Austrian hands, and the centuries-old border between Salzburg and Tyrol, that between Wörgl and Hopfgarten ran out, was canceled. The official union took place on April 22nd, 1816 with great celebrations.

Parish Bressanone becomes a deanery

Since Brixen was the spiritual and cultural center of the Brixental and included all parishes in the valley - called vicariates - the parish union was raised to the deanery on May 24th, 1812 and converted into an ordinary deanery by the Salzburg consistorial decree. The then Brixen pastor Wolfgang Hechenberger was raised by the state administration in Munich to the first dean or first archpriest of the Royal Regional Court of Hopfgarten and from then on held the ecclesiastical rule over the entire valley. In 1858 Hopfgarten was raised to an independent parish, the others followed in 1891.

First and Second World War in Bressanone

Before the First World War , there were the "military veterans" founded in 1876 in Brixen. Your monarchist flag is still carried at the Brixentaler Antlassritt today . During the First World War, construction work began on the second railroad track through the Brixental. Mainly women from Galicia and Russian prisoners of war were active. On January 15, 1917, Emperor Karl I traveled through Brixen, where the railway had to be monitored. In the autumn of 1918, thousands of war-weary soldiers from the Habsburg monarchy came to the town, mostly Poles , Ruthenians and Hungarians . In November of that year they were transported to Salzburg.

The homecoming association was founded in the interwar period. His flag is one of the oldest in the Kitzbühel district and was saved during the Second World War. It is still worn today according to strict flag delegation.

On May 31, 1933, the 1000-Mark block against Austria was introduced, which severely impaired tourism.

On March 15, 1938, Austria was annexed to the German Reich . In addition, the German municipal code was introduced in late autumn 1938. The local school board was dissolved and the head teacher ran the school with the mayor. Prayer was only allowed in religious lessons; there were no more free hours for confession and communion. Religious events outside the church had to be approved by the Kitzbühel district administration.

The valley itself was not badly hit during the Second World War , although eyewitnesses reported bombings on the Filzalm and in the Aunerwald near Westendorf. Instead of taking off, you were only allowed to ride down the hall. Exactly 120 Brixen had to enlist in the Wehrmacht, twelve of them died. All church bells had to be removed for war purposes, only the midday bell remained. In May 1945 the valley was occupied by the US Army, and French troops moved in in July. Four months later, the shilling currency was reintroduced. The exchange rate to the Reichsmark was 1: 1.

Today the war memorial to the west of the deanery church commemorates those who fell from the First and Second World Wars. In 1946 it was possible for the first time to start again. More than 200 riders took part, even Governor Alfons Weißgatterer and Country Leader Muigg were present.

Bressanone after the Second World War until today

After the war, the place recovered only slowly. In 1949, many houses could be connected to the TIWAG power grid . In the autumn of the same year the church was renovated and given a new coat of paint. In 1953 a gendarmerie post was opened in the parish hall, which was moved to Westendorf in 1965. The new ÖBB stop was also opened in 1953 and construction work on the Brixentaler Bundesstraße B 170 was completed.

In 1970 the “Hochbrixen” double chairlift and other lifts went into operation. This brought a significant increase in tourism. Ten years later, Brixen received another tourist attraction with the “Erlensee” fish pond. In 1983 the place got a new school building, which still houses the elementary school and the polytechnic school . In 1988 the anniversary year "1200 years of Brixen" was celebrated and the Brixen deanery parish church was renovated. Instead of the previous yellow shade, it was given a pink shade. In addition, important documents about the time for posterity were stowed in the golden church tower.

Parish church with village

The new bypass was opened in 2008 to relieve the town center, which is heavily burdened by through traffic. In 2010 the village square was raised by about one meter and is intended to indicate that this is a screened pedestrian zone.

politics

coat of arms

Blazon :

"A black, downward-facing edge strip on silver ."

The Bronze Age ax shown was found in the municipality of Brixen - a little below the Hohe Salve . As a coat of arms motif, it symbolizes the old age of this community, whose name also goes far back to pre-Roman times and means something like 'mountain'.

mayor

The municipality of Brixen im Thale, which has existed since 1849, was administered by 20 mayors in 26 terms of office.

The 20 mayors of the municipality of
Brixen im Thale (1850 to today)

Surname	Term of office	activity
Leonhard Stoeckl	1850– ??	Kloobauer
Christian Astl	1896-1899	Unterkaslachbauer
Johann Obermoser	1899-1902	no information
Simon Straif	1903-1905	no information
Wenzl Klingler	1905-1905	Blacksmith
Martin Aschaber	1905-1908	Shoemaker
Johann Schermer	1908-1914	Jagerbauer
Leonhard Koidl	1914-1916	Hoferwirt
Johann Schermer	1916-1917	Jagerbauer
Peter Stoeckl	1917-1920	Kloobauer
Christian Beihammer	1920-1922	Rieserbauer
Anton Hirzinger	1922-1925	Stöcklbauer
Matthias Beihammer	1925-1928	Steidlbauer
Johann Sieberer	1928-1929	no information
Josef Kogler	1929-1931	Zintinger farmer
Martin Aschaber	1931-1935	Shoemaker
Christian Beihammer	1935-1938	Rieserbauer
Alois Wahrstätter	1938-1945	Reitlwirt
Martin Aschaber 1	1941-1945	Shoemaker
Christian Beihammer	1945-1956	Rieserbauer
Andrä Schermer	1956-1968	Sawmill owners
Franz Podesser	1968-1974	executive Director
Johann Werlberger	1974-1983	Stöcklbauer
Johann Nagele	1983-2004	Pfistererbauer
Ernst Huber	since 2004	Weitau teacher

¹ Martin Aschaber was deputy during Alois Wahrstätter's military service from 1940 to 1945

So far, 20 mayors have been at the helm, of whom Johann Nagele, with a total of 21 years in office, was the longest head of the village.

Politics in Brixen has a total of eight committees:

• Municipal council
• Parish council
• Review Committee
• Sports Committee
• Tourism, Agriculture and Environment Committee
• Building and settlement committee including water and sewer
• Social, school, kindergarten and culture committee
• Transport Committee

Municipal council

Local council elections 2016

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The municipal council consists of 15 members. Since the municipal council election on February 28, 2016 , the following mandate distribution has existed:

• 8 ÖVP - List of Mayors Ernst Huber
• 4 WfesB - We for a strong Brixen - The economy
• 2 SPÖ - Brixen Active and non-party
• 1 FPÖ

The directly elected mayor is Dipl.-Ing. Ernst Huber from the ÖVP with 67.69% of the vote.

The party “We for a strong Brixen” has existed since 2004, but Gottfried Strobl led the list at that time. This was dissolved and renamed with the name "Die Wirtschaft". In 2010 she returned to the municipal council with 28.38% of the vote.

Since the municipal council elections in 2016, the FPÖ, under the leadership of Andreas Rattin, has entered the municipal council with a mandate.

Parish council

The Brixen parish council consists of five members. The mayor, who is directly elected by the people of Brixen, chairs the meeting. The deputy mayor is elected by the local council.

• Mayor Ernst Huber (ÖVP)
• Vice Mayor Simon Schroll (We for a strong Brixen)

education

The following care and educational institutions exist:

• Day nursery
• kindergarten
• Elementary school
• New middle school with the community of Westendorf
• Polytechnic center for the upper Brixental

History of the elementary school Brixen im Thale

There was a school in Brixen more than 250 years ago. Around 1730 a wooden structure was built. It stood a few meters south of today's parish church . In 1841 the schoolhouse was dilapidated and was replaced in 1854 by an initially one-story stone building, which was expanded by one floor in 1922.

Towards the end of World War II , all but one of the classrooms had to be evacuated. Refugees were housed in these. Lessons were only resumed in the second half of 1945.

Since the population grew steadily and the building was badly affected by the ever increasing through traffic, a new schoolhouse was built in 1981, 100 meters east of the church, in which ten classes of the elementary school and two classes of the polytechnic are taught today.

Polytechnic Center Brixen im Thale

The Polytechnic School in Brixen started operations in September 1982. In the 1997/1998 school year, the following subject areas were introduced to guarantee a sound basic education:

• Metal / electro
• Wood / construction
• Trade / office
• Services / tourism

In the 2009/10 school year, PTS Brixen received the Ministry of Education's sponsorship award and became a certified school.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Brixen im Thale

Buildings

Village square with the deanery parish church

Pilgrimage church Hohe Salve

• Deanery parish church Brixen im Thale : Patronage of the Assumption of Mary and Saint Martin . A Roman secular building already existed around 200 AD. A parish church could already be proven around the 6th century. This is first mentioned in a document in 788 AD in the Indiculus arnonis as a parish with field ownership. After four previous buildings, Wolfgang Hagenauer and Andre Hueber rebuilt a 40 meter long church in the late baroque-classicist style with a double tower facade from 1789 to 1796 . The large high altar sheet by Josef Schöpf shows the Assumption of Mary, the small one shows the donation of St. Martin's coat. The numerous dome frescoes are by Joseph Schöpf and Andreas Nesselthaler . In the middle of the church is the approximately 17-meter-tall ornate half-dome. It is one of the largest churches in the Tyrolean lowlands .

• Cemetery chapel : It was built in 1734, stands west of the deanery parish church and is characterized by a curved gable roof. Today, the names of those killed in the First and Second World Wars are in the two semi-arched windows.

• Pilgrimage church Hohe Salve : Patronage of John the Baptist . It is a single-nave small church with a tower on the south side. It is the highest pilgrimage church in Austria.

• Jager Chapel: This chapel is located between Brixen and Kirchberg and was built around 1880. It is a single-bay, towerless building with a three-sided choir and pointed arched windows. The ceilings are decorated with neo-Gothic paintings. According to a legend, towards the end of the 17th century, two coffins always collided here, which made people uncomfortable. Such incidents were no longer reported after the chapel was built.

• Weidach or Walter Chapel: a square baroque chapel built around 1779 with the Madonna and Child, standing on a globe entwined with snakes. This chapel serves on the one hand as a “death rest” at funerals, on the other hand it is the fourth Gospel altar in the procession to Lauterbach.

• Hofer Chapel: a simple wooden chapel built around 1880 with a three-sided choir and a saddle roof. In the interior there is a small columned altar. In 1979 almost the entire inventory was stolen, including two baroque figures.

• Mosen Chapel: This chapel was built from wood in 1864 and has a protruding gable roof. The interior is very narrow and dark. Behind a forged lattice there is a late Classicist, lightly marbled wooden altar. The altarpiece shows the Madonna in protective cloak and was painted in the year it was built. There are also two beautifully carved rococo statues of St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena .

music

In addition to the music band, which has existed since around 1840, there are numerous other folk music groups in Brixen. In addition, a church choir has existed for many years.

Tourism and sport

Tourism is of great importance in Brixen. Today the place has more than 3,000 guest beds with around 300,000 overnight stays per year, whereby the winter is more booked than the summer. Brixen is therefore one of the larger tourist resorts in the Tyrolean lowlands . Brixen is connected to the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser - Brixental ski area . With around 100 lifts and 290 km of slopes, it was the largest connected ski area in Austria and the third largest in the world until 2017. Since 2008 there has been a direct 8-person gondola connection to the Choralpe in the Westendorf ski area. The tourist infrastructure has a wide range of options.

Village design and quality of living

New village square in Brixen im Thale

From 2009 to 2010, extensive renovation and renovation work was carried out on the village square in front of the parish hall. The pavement was renewed and the space was enlarged and raised. The fountain was moved to a new place. On May 10, 2008, after a three-year construction period, a bypass road was opened that freed the town center from through traffic. The quality of living has improved considerably since then.

The community relies on immigration and above all on economic growth. In the future, further building areas will be made available in the south of the municipality so that the actual town center can be better accentuated.

The new industrial park west of Brixen. It can be extended by 7000 m².

Economy and social economy

The economy in Brixen has experienced a significant boom in recent years. Services , trade and commerce became the largest economic sectors. Thanks to the expansion of the industrial area west of the village, many companies have been able to settle here. For the future, they are working on a concept that will improve the local shopping situation. The following are currently the largest companies in Bressanone:

• EEZ Brixental
• Glasbau Hirzinger GmbH
• Brugger Transporte GmbH
• Carpentry Helmut Hehenberger
• Strobl forwarding agency and the Jagerberg gravel works (Schermer).
• Gas, water and heating installation Bucher
• Art forging company Unterrainer
• Niederkofler tannery
• BergWelt apartments

Agriculture

The Agriculture Brixen in addition to the economy is the largest employer in the village. Since the valley floor is a maximum of 1.5 km wide, the farms are mainly located on the sunny slopes north of the settlement, because here the warm, but also rainy climate ensures optimal use.

media

The "Brixner Zeitung - Unter uns", a monthly village newspaper, is published by the Brixen adult education center and the parish. It is distributed free of charge to all households.

Public facilities

• Sewage treatment plant in the neighboring town of Westendorf
• Building yard
• Retirement home
• Brixen im Thale leisure center with a large swimming lake

Other facilities

• Parish library (Taz library)
• Auditorium of the Brixen elementary school for theater performances, lectures and other events

traffic

Brixen is located on Brixentalstrasse B 170, which leads from Wörgl to Kitzbühel . The place can also be reached via the Salzburg-Tiroler-Bahn of the ÖBB .

Personalities

• Maria Holaus (* 1983), Austrian ski racer ( ÖSV )
• Andreas Hölzl (* 1985), Austrian soccer player
• Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924-2004), sniper
• Árpád Henney (1895–1980), Hungarian politician and officer

literature

• Sebastian Posch (Ed.): Brixen im Thale 788–1988. A home book. Innsbruck: Universitätsverlag Wagner, 1988. ISBN 3-7030-0200-X .

Web links

Commons : Brixen im Thale  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Brixen  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Community website
• 70402 - Brixen im Thale. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Brixen im Thale , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Ed .: Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft mb H. Volume 1: Up to the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 39–40 , no. 59 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Directory 2001 - Tyrol (p. 82)
3. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: bypass Brixen im Thale )
4. ↑ Population level and structure January 1, 2012 (PDF; 9 kB)
5. ↑ 2001 census, resident population by education, families and households (PDF; 10 kB)
6. ^ Statistics Austria, A look at the municipality of Brixen im Thale, population development. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
7. ^ Erich Egg : The Tiroler Unterland. Verlag St. Peter Salzburg, 1971, p. 12.
8. ↑ Taz Library. In: Handbook of the historical book collections in Germany, Austria and Europe. Bernhard Fabian, 2003, accessed February 12, 2011 . 
9. ↑ The brave women
10. ^ Erich Egg: The Tiroler Unterland. Verlag St. Peter Salzburg, 1971, p. 34.
11. ↑ 200 years of the Dean's Office in Brixen im Thale ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Committees Brixen im Thale
13. ↑ brixen.tirol.gv.at