Grin

Grin
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Innsbruck country
License plate :	IL
Surface:	28.69 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 14 '  N , 11 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '46 "  N , 11 ° 15' 15"  E
Height :	945  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1,410 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	6095
Area code :	05234
Community code :	7 03 15
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchgasse 7 6095 Grinzens
Website:	www.grinzens.tirol.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Anton Bucher ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2016) (13 members)	7 List of mayors for Grinzens ( ÖVP ), 6 Mei Grinzens ( SPÖ )
Location of Grinzens in the Innsbruck-Land district
Grinzens from the northeast, on the right the Sellraintal
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Grinzens is a municipality with 1410 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Innsbruck-Land district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality ( comprising a KG of the same name ) is located in the judicial district of Innsbruck .

geography

Grinzens is located on a low mountain range south-west of Innsbruck , at the entrance to the Sellraintal . The municipality is bounded by the Melach and Sendersbach rivers. The elongated colonization extends mainly along a road that extends from Sellrain ( Neder with Gert clean and Brandögg to the western end of) Axams ( Moarhof and Bachl ) moves and in the local area in the page , parallel to the Neder, forks. Above the Anger one speaks of Obergrinzens , below, at the village church, of Untergrinzens .

In addition to these streets, the village image is shaped by the community housing (with elementary school, kindergarten, crèche and pavilion, significantly expanded in 2013), the church and a multi-purpose building in the center of the village. The municipality also includes the entire Senderstal , up to the Kalkkögel . About a tenth of the municipality area is suitable for year-round settlement, which results in an effective population density of approx. 490 inhabitants per km² of permanent settlement area.

Community structure

Grinzens is divided into the following districts:

• Grinzens (with Untergrinzens and Obergrinzens)
• Bachl ( village )
• Side (village)
• Gertrein ( Rotte )
• Neder (Rotte)
• Brandögg ( Scattered Houses )
• Dwarf House (Scattered Houses)

Neighboring communities

• Axams
• Kematen in Tyrol
• Neustift in the Stubai Valley
• Oberperfuss
• Sellrain
• Telfes in the Stubai
• Unterperfuss

history

The community was first mentioned in 1286 as "Grazinnes" . Previously, today's local area probably served as grazing ground. The records of the Frauenchiemsee monastery around 1400 name nine farms in Grinzens. The Senderstal leading to the south was also permanently settled at this time and still understood 1352 - referred to as "perch in Senders" - the jurisdiction of Wilten Abbey (Innsbruck). In the 16th century these Schwaighöfe became alpine pastures . Until 1811, Grinzens was part of the neighboring community of Axams , before the Bavarian occupation of Grinzens became a politically independent community after the Tyrolean uprisings of 1809. Grinzens only became a separate parish in 1956 .

Recent development

An agricultural community has become a residential community. Grinzens experienced the strongest influx in the 60s and 70s of the last century. After that, population growth flattened noticeably; From 2002, the population has remained practically constant for 10 years at almost 1,300 inhabitants and has only recently increased to over 1,400 inhabitants. Nine out of ten employed people commute to their place of work - Grinzens has the highest proportion of out-commuters in the whole of Tyrol at 89.6% . Grinzens has to struggle with the typical infrastructure problems of a surrounding community in the catchment area (" Speckgürtel ") of Innsbruck . In 2003 the last of originally three local grocery stores closed, and one restaurant survived the wave of closings of local inns.

Due to the lack of commercial infrastructure, Grinzens is one of the financially weakest municipalities in Tyrol.

Since 2006 there has been a youth project that tries to offer young people an opportunity to go out in Grinzens. In specially adapted rooms, the youth room is popular with the Grinzner youth, but also with youth from other communities in the western low mountain range.

In 2007, the municipality joined the Tyrol Climate Alliance and the Local Agenda 21 . By spring 2008, a model for the sustainable development of the community was developed together with the population . Implementation should begin in October 2008 after the official certification by the State of Tyrol . However, no concrete projects were implemented.

At the same time, a majority of the municipal council decided to push the village development forward: For a planned nine-hole golf course - mainly on Grinzner parish land - Grinzens financed the environmental impact assessment (EIA) to a considerable extent and contributed to the costs of planning and building the golf course as part of the "Feriendörfer Golf GmbH". In 2013 the project failed due to the EIA.

In 2007 MPreis opened a miniM local supplier as part of a pilot project in Grinzens , where the same products are offered at the same prices as in the chain's large supermarkets. Only when it comes to the number of items on offer are compromises and more than 2000 items are listed instead of the usual 8000.

In autumn 2009, the majority of Grinzens - like the neighboring communities affected - took the decision in principle to support the implementation of the “Brückenschlag” project for a cable car connection from the Axamer Lizum to the Schlick through the Kalkkögel quiet area . The project was controversial and called opponents but also supporters on the scene. The Grinzner ÖVP finally revised its decision in February 2016 at the request of the Grinzens Community List (SPÖ) after the provisional end at state level came in 2015.

Population development

politics

Politically, there was a change in the 2004 municipal council elections due to the participation of an Independent List of Grinzens (ULG) for the first time, which achieved 6 of the 13 seats. The remainder went to candidates of the ÖVP , which retained the absolute majority with a lead of 39 votes (with almost 1,000 eligible voters). In June 2008 the long-time mayor Karl Gasser resigned after 28 years of service. His successor was the previous Vice Mayor Anton Bucher, who was able to defend the absolute majority in the 2010 and 2016 municipal council elections - the “Mei Grinzens” list recently won six seats.

Political party	percent	be right	Seats on the local council
Mayor list for Grinzens - ÖVP	56.76%	504	7th
My grin	43.24%	384	6th

coat of arms

Symbolizing foliage, the coat of arms of the municipality of Grinzens points to the place name for "Gezweig" from pre-Roman times.

Sights and culture

See also:  List of listed objects in Grinzens

Despite its proximity to Axamer Lizum , Grinzens is not very well developed for tourism - but in return it has been able to retain its originality. A regionally popular destination is the approx. 7 km long toboggan run into the Senderstal to the Kemater Alm, which is located in the Grinzen municipality. There is also a small nature reserve called the frog pond . The Mooskapelle , which is known from regional legends, is located in a forest to the west of Grinzens .

Grinzens achieved national cultural importance with open-air performances by the local theater association "Sendersbühne":

• “Passion Grinzens” - Passion Play in summer 2006
• "Tyrolean Freedom" - a new perspective on the Tyrolean uprising of 1809 in summer 2007
• “A Midsummer Night's Dream” - performance based on the work of the same name by William Shakespeare in the summer of 2016

At carnival tradition is Wampelerreiten known.

Association

Over 35 clubs are registered in Grinzens.

The Grinzens volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1896 and regularly takes part in the various competitions.

traffic

Grinzens can be reached from Völs via the Götzener Landesstraße.

The bus route 4162 from ÖBB-Postbus runs from Innsbruck via Götzens, Birgitz and Axams to Grinzens

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grinzens , tirolatlas.uibk.ac.at
2. ↑ Martin Bitschnau , Hannes Obermair : Tiroler Urkundenbuch, II. Department: The documents on the history of the Inn, Eisack and Pustertal valleys. Volume 2: 1140-1200 . Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7030-0485-8 , p. 24 .
3. ↑ State Statistics Tyrol - Extreme Values ​​of Municipalities - Tyrol's municipalities from A to Z
4. ↑ Debt and financial strength of the municipalities at a glance, Tiroler Tageszeitung, online edition of December 22, 2010
5. ↑ Grinzens youth room
6. ↑ Land rejects golf course Axams, Tiroler Tageszeitung
7. ↑ miniM accessed on June 22, 2016
8. ^ Minutes of the local council meeting of February 25, 2016
9. ↑ End of the cable car via Tyrol's Kalkkögel . In: Der Standard , March 4, 2015
10. ↑ Local council election 2010, Grinzens community. In: Wahlen.tirol.gv.at. Retrieved June 22, 2016 . 
11. ^ Local council election 2016, Grinzens community. In: Wahlen.tirol.gv.at. Retrieved June 22, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Mooskapelle Grinzens. Retrieved May 21, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Transmitter stage
14. ↑ Grinzen's broadcasting stage "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Retrieved June 22, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Wampeler riding in Axams
16. ↑ Registered clubs in Grinzens. Retrieved June 22, 2016 . 
17. ↑ Fire brigade competitions overview. Retrieved June 22, 2016 . 

Web links

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

• Grinzens , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"
• 70315 - Grinzens. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Grinzens Passion Play
• Tyrolean Freedom - Grinzens broadcasting platform
• Carl Wolf :  In the farmer's theater at Grinzens. In:  Der Alpenfreund. Illustrated tourist magazine for the Alpine region , year 1895, No. 103/1895, August 15, 1895 (fifth year), pp. 1157–1161. (Online at ANNO ). .