Elmen

This article covers the place in Tyrol.

• For the location on the Elbe, see Bad Salzelmen .
• For the US electrical engineer and metallurgist Gustav Elmen (1876–1957) see Gustav Elmen .

Elmen
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Reutte
License plate :	RE
Surface:	29.6 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 20 '  N , 10 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '19 "  N , 10 ° 32' 31"  E
Height :	976  m above sea level A.
Residents :	383 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	13 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6644
Area code :	05635
Community code :	7 08 09
Address of the municipal administration:	Elmen Br. 2 6644 Elmen
Website:	www.lechtal.at/elmen/
politics
Mayor :	Heinrich Ginther
Municipal Council : (2016) (1 members)	7 Common Citizens List, 4 Together for Elmen
Location of Elmen in the Reutte district
Elmen from the southwest
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Elmen is a municipality with 383 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Reutte district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The community is located in the judicial district of Reutte on the right bank of the Lech Valley . Elmen is a densely built-up cluster village on an alluvial cone . The place was first mentioned in 1312 as Elmenoe , Ellmo , Elbnau (Au with elms).

Elmen is freed from through traffic by a bypass road. A popular excursion destination is the Stablalpe above. The Martinau fraction on the left bank of the Lech also belongs to the community. In floodplain end of May blooms on a large area of the rare lady's slipper .

Neighboring communities

Häselgehr , Hinterhornbach , Pfafflar , Stanzach , Vorderhornbach .

Community structure

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

• Elmen (331)
• Klimm (8)
• Martinau (44)

coat of arms

Blazon : Shield split three times from silver and green with two elm leaves in confused colors.

The municipal coat of arms, awarded in 1973, shows two stylized elm leaves and thus symbolizes the place name, which comes from "elm", as a talking coat of arms .

Parish Church of the Three Kings

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Elmen

• Parish Church of the Three Kings with a cemetery and a war memorial. The artist Johann Anton Falger , who comes from the neighboring Elbigenalp, also painted a dance of death for Elmen in 1841, which was originally installed in niches in the cemetery wall and is now kept in the death chapel. The picture cycle consists of 12 small-format wooden panels (35 × 23 cm) with associated dialogues. The following are shown in the order: grandmother, beggar, lumberjack, maid, prince, citizen, child, boy, soldier, bride, farmer, priest.
• Field Chapel Holy Trinity
• Filial church St. Joseph in Martinau
• Chapel 14 Holy Helpers

Web links

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

• 70809 - Elmen. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Elmen , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
2. ^ Eduard Widmoser: Tiroler Wappenfibel . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1978, ISBN 3-7022-1324-4 , p. 64 .
3. ↑ Hans Georg Wehrens: The dance of death in the Alemannic language area. "I have to do it - and don't know what" . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2563-0 . P. 260f.