Gallzein

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

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License plate :

SZ

Surface:

10.65 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 22 ′ N , 11 ° 46 ′ E Coordinates: 47 ° 22 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 0 ″ E

Height :

825 m above sea level A.

Residents :

679 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

64 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6222

Area code :

05244

Community code :

7 09 11

NUTS region

AT335

Address of the
municipal administration:

58a
6222 Gallzein

Website:

www.gallzein.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Josef Brunner (Gallzeiner Citizen List)

Municipal Council : (2016)
(11 members)

5 For Gallzein - FG, 5 Gallzeiner Bürgerliste, 1 FPÖ - The Gallzeiner Freedom Party

Location of Gallzein in the Schwaz district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Gallzein is a municipality with 679 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Tyrolean district of Schwaz in Austria .

The name Gallzein is probably of Rhaeto-Romanic origin ( collacino = "small hill") and was first mentioned in a document in the years 1170 to 1186/87 on the occasion of a transfer of ownership in "Galcînes" to the Upper Bavarian Augustinian canons of Beyharting . A settlement with the same name origin is Galltschein near Trins .

Geographical location

The community is located in the judicial district of Schwaz , on a terrace of the Lower Inn Valley , on the northern foothills of the Tux Alps . The populated area extends over seven hamlets, which can be reached by road from Schwaz or Buch in Tyrol .

The highest point in the municipality of Gallzein is the Gratzenjoch at 1998 m .

The Bucherbach, also called Schwadererbach by the locals, flows through the municipality of Gallzein in a deep ditch and flows into the Inn at Buch. To the east of the trench are the hamlets of Hochgallzein, Niederleiten and Schöllerberg, to the west of it are the hamlets of Kogelmoos, Hof, Wahrbühel and Gattern mit Nasen, Axdorf and Gasteig.

Culture and sights

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 199-200, no. 645 .

Web links

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

Official website of the municipality
Official website of the local tourist board
History-Tyrol: Gallzein
70911 - Gallzein. Community data, Statistics Austria .

[1] 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. 199-200, no. 645 .