Elbows

Elbows
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Innsbruck country
License plate :	IL
Surface:	34.48 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 11 '  N , 11 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 11 '1 "  N , 11 ° 25' 52"  E
Height :	1070  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,129 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6083
Area code :	0512
Community code :	7 03 07
Address of the municipal administration:	St. Peter 31 6083 Ellbögen
Website:	www.ellboegen.at
politics
Mayor :	Walter Hofer ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2016) (13 members)	5 3 3 2 5 3 3 2  A total of 13 seats ÖVP : 5 Together for elbows : 3 Future elbows : 3 SPÖ : 2
Location of Ellbögen in the Innsbruck-Land district
St. Peter (community Ellbögen)
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Ellbögen is a municipality with 1129 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Innsbruck-Land district , Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Innsbruck .

location

Ellbögen is a scattered settlement twelve kilometers south of Innsbruck , on the eastern side of the Wipptal valley. The extensive municipal area is bordered in the west by the Sill , in the north by the Ruggschreiner Bach and in the south by the Falkasanerbach, which drains the Doktoral. In between is the Viggartal, through which the Mühlbach flows.

The tourist base in the Viggartal is the Meißner Haus at an altitude of 1720  m .

Districts

The municipality of Ellbögen is also a cadastral municipality , the districts are:

• Hennenboden ( village )
• St. Peter (village)
• Mühltal (village)
• Tarzens ( Rotte )
• Erlach ( hamlet )
• Niederstrasse ( Scattered Houses )
• Oberstrasse (Scattered Houses)
• Oberellbögen (Scattered Houses)
• Innerellbögen (Scattered Houses)
• Penzen ( settlement )

There are also the following alpine pastures in the community: Arztaler Hochleger, Ärztaler Niederleger, Hörtnaglalm, Kellerhütte and Profeglalm.

Neighboring communities

Slap	Lans Sistrans Aldrans	Gutter
Schönberg in the Stubai Valley		Tulfes
Mühlbachl	Pfons

history

The highest point in the municipality of Ellbögen, the Rosenjoch

Exterior view of a power plant branch in Ellbögen

The sunny slopes of Ellbögen on the Patscherkofel were settled in prehistoric times, in 1967 Illyrian cremation graves were found in St. Peter . After the immigration of the Bavarians , the counts of Andechs and later the sovereigns of Tyrol were the largest landowners. In 1031, in an ( unauthorized ) deed of donation by Arnold I von Morit, Vogt of the Brixen bishop's church , to Benediktbeuern monastery, the "villa Taerzins" (district of Tarzens) was mentioned. Elbögen itself is recorded in a list of interest payers of the Schäftlarn monastery from 1170 to 1173 as "elbows" .

The 23 km long “Salt Road” from Hall in Tirol via Ampass , Patsch and Ellbögen on to Matrei am Brenner , today's Ellbögener Straße  (L 38), was of great importance for the community . This connection between the Lower Inn Valley and the Wipptal was probably created by the Romans. A brisk traffic developed through the salt works in Hall, a customs post was established in Ruggschrein. Numerous restaurants and the blacksmith's shop on the Mühltaler Bridge, mentioned in 1395, characterize the haulage. The road has repeatedly served as a route for troops during historical war events.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the mining of copper and sulfur pyrites was of economic importance in the Viggar and Doctor valleys. The ore from the doctor's valley is said to have been used to cast the "Black Mander" in the Innsbruck court church . The ore had to be brought over long distances to the smelter in Ehrwald , which made mining in 1649 unprofitable.

The parish church, which is essentially Gothic, was built in 1472 and redesigned in Baroque style towards the end of the 18th century.

Also worth seeing is the mill on the Falkasanerbach. The Hinterloch mill is located in Innerellbögen towards the doctor valley. The year 1738 is engraved on the pinwheel, which probably indicates the renewal of this part of the gear. Since the mill was in operation until 1951 and the comb wheel was still functional up to this point in time, the age of the mill can perhaps be set higher by this period (approx. 200 years). Foam meals are carried out in summer.

population

politics

mayor

Mayor of Ellbögen is Walter Hofer, who was able to prevail in 2016 with 56.04% of the vote. He has been a public official since 1994.

Municipal council

The municipal council consists of 13 members and has been composed of mandates from the following parties since the municipal council and mayoral elections in 2016 :

Political party	percent	be right	Seats on the local council
General list of elbows - ÖVP	38.40%	573	5
Together for elbows	22.57%	327	3
Future elbows	23.94%	137	3
Team Günter Reichegger SPÖ Elbows	15.09%	137	2

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms symbolizes the name of the municipality of Ellbögen with the angled arm as a talking coat of arms . The key is the sign of St. Peter , the patron saint of the parish church of St. Peter.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Elbögen

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is characterized by agriculture and gentle tourism, and there is also a large proportion of out-commuters. The two run-of- river power plants Viggarbach and Falkasanerbach now also contribute to the community's income.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Blasius Eigenler (* around 1627, † 1691 in Lindenfels in the Odenwald, Germany), bricklayer
• Raimund Miller (* 1944), chemist
• Peter Kienast (1949–1991), bobsleigh pilot
• Hans Gatt (* 1958), long distance musher

Web links

Commons : Elbows  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Ellbögen , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 1: Up to the year 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 185-186 No. 204 .
2. ↑ Martin Bitschnau, Hannes Obermair: Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Vol. 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 199 No. 644 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Ellbögen . Wahlen.tirol.gv.at. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
4. ↑ "I've already been beheaded" communal on May 30, 2020
5. ↑ Ellbögen: Too much traffic and a mega project for the finale MeinBezirk on June 17, 2019
6. ↑ Hydropower Potential Study Tyrol accessed on March 10, 2020