Götzens

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

Innsbruck country

License plate :

IL

Surface:

9.72 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 14 ' N , 11 ° 19' E Coordinates: 47 ° 14 '10 " N , 11 ° 18' 40" E

Height :

868 m above sea level A.

Residents :

4,088 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

421 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6091

Area code :

05234

Community code :

7 03 12

NUTS region

AT332

Address of the
municipal administration:

Burgstrasse 3
6091 Götzens

Website:

www.goetzens.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Josef Singer ( together for Götzens )

Municipal Council : (2016)
(15 members)

7th

5

1

7th 5 1 1 1

A total of 15 seats

Together for Götzens : 7
Move Götzens : 5
GREEN : 1
ACTIVE for Götzens : 1
FPÖ : 1

Location of Götzens in the Innsbruck-Land district

Götzens from the northeast

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

View from the Panoramaweg to Götzens (south)

Götzens is a municipality with 4088 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Innsbruck-Land district , Tyrol ( Austria ). It is located 7 km southwest of Innsbruck on the western low mountain range and belongs to the Innsbruck judicial district .

Today the community functions mainly as a residential suburb of Innsbruck. The community grew rapidly after the road towards Innsbruck and via the new settlement area of Neu-Götzens towards Mutters was expanded as part of the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck .

The originally rural character only comes to the fore in the elongated, partly clustered village-like village of the town center. There are also some listed farms that are worth seeing .

geography

Districts

The community of Götzens is also a cadastral community and consists of the following districts:

Götzens village
Neu-Götzens ( village )
Geroldsbach (village)
Götzner Berg ( Rotte )

Other locations are the Birgitzköpflhütte and the Götzner Alm .

Neighboring communities

	Völs	innsbruck
Birgitz		Natters , mothers
Axams	Telfes in the Stubai	mothers

history

The first settlement in the Götzens area is not exactly known. However, based on finds and the nearby Roman military camp Veldidena (today within the city limits of Innsbruck ), it can be assumed that Götzens was already settled in Roman times. The first documentary mention dates from the years 1078-1091 with the name Gecinis . Vellenberg Castle (mentioned in a document in 1232; several changes of ownership in the 13th century) was located in the local area, which, along with Matrei Castle, was one of the most important bases. Götzens is mentioned in documents in 1313 as an independent tax and land municipality. The Geroldsbach, flowing south of Götzens, flooded the place several times (1575, 1748, 1750, 1781, 1782). In order to avoid further destruction, a protective wall was built after the last flood. In the 17th century, Vellenberg Castle was finally destroyed after two terrible earthquakes.

Population development

Vellenberg castle ruins

Parish church Götzens

Theresienkirche

Field chapel

Isidore fountain

politics

The last mayoral elections took place at the same time as the municipal council elections on February 28, 2016.

Josef Singer, candidate of the party 'Together for Götzens', was elected mayor in a runoff election just before Armin Singer (Götzens move).

mayor

until 2016 Hans Payr
since 2016 Josef Singer

Political party	percent	be right	Seats on the local council
Together for Götzens, Josef Singer - GfG	41.34%	945	7th
Move Götzens	28.61%	654	5
The Green Götzens	10.76%	246	1
ACTIVE for Götzens	9.71%	222	1
FPÖ Götzens - The Freedom Party	9.58%	219	1

Coat of arms
The municipal coat of arms shows a silver Eichkatzerl (squirrel) with a golden cone. The coat of arms once led a noble family living in the Middle Ages.

Culture and sights

Vellenberg castle ruins
Parish church Götzens
Theresienkirche, the historically first church in Götzens
Field chapel, on the Götzner fields

Personalities

Kassian Singer (1712–1759), builder and plasterer
Joseph Abenthung (1719–1803), master builder
Franz Singer (1724–1789), master builder
Franz Xaver Kirchebner (1736–1815), painter
Josef Anton Kirchebner (1757–1839), painter
Josef Abenthung (1779–1860), musician and freedom fighter
Sel. Otto Neururer (1882–1940), pastor of Götzens, martyr
David Lama (1990–2019), sport climber and alpinist

Web links

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

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

70312 - Götzens. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Vellenberg Fortress near Götzens on geschichte-tirol.com

Individual evidence

↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. tape 1 : By 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 228 , no. 259 .
^ Election results for the 2016 municipal council elections in Götzens. State of Tyrol, February 28, 2016, accessed on January 6, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_AT_70312-1] Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)

[2] Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. tape 1 : By 1140 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-7030-0469-8 , p. 228 , no. 259 .

[TirolGrw2016_Götzens-3] Election results for the 2016 municipal council elections in Götzens. State of Tyrol, February 28, 2016, accessed on January 6, 2019 .