Höfen (Tyrol)

Yards
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Reutte
License plate :	RE
Surface:	8.37 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 28 '  N , 10 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '16 "  N , 10 ° 41' 14"  E
Height :	868  m above sea level A.
Residents :	1.210 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	6604
Area code :	05672
Community code :	7 08 16
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 24 6604 Höfen
Website:	www.hoefen.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Vinzenz Knapp ( SPÖ )
Municipal Council : (2016) (13 members)	7 Höfen village community, 6 Höfen community list - List 2 - Together for Höfen
Location of Höfen in the Reutte district
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Höfen is a municipality with 1210 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Reutte district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The community is located in the judicial district of Reutte .

geography

Höfen in Tirol in 1966

Höfen is located southwest of the district capital Reutte in the Reutten basin on the left side of the Lech . The municipality extends up to the 1938  m high Hahnenkamm with the Höfener Alpe ski area. The former cabin cable car to the Hahnenkamm was opened in 1956.

Community structure

Höfen consists of a single village or cadastral municipality of the same name . The villages Höfen (711 inhabitants), Hornberg (207 Ew.) And Platten (334 Ew .; as of 2001) form a broad, coalesced settlement band. The area on the Hahnenkamm, consisting of a few scattered houses , is not permanently inhabited.

Neighboring communities

Höfen has four neighboring communities, all of which are in the Reutte district.

	Wangle	Lechaschau
Weißenbach am Lech		Ehenbichl
Weißenbach am Lech		Ehenbichl

history

The name of the community is probably derived from the Alemannic term for rest area, courtyard. Höfen came from the large community of Aschau. Höfen itself was first mentioned in a document in 1427 and is one of the youngest settlements in Ausserfern. Before the construction of the bridge from Reutte to Lechaschau, the transport of salt and the rafting of wood on the Lech played an important role, as there was a ford over the Lech to Ehenbichl.

At the beginning of the 17th century, flax cultivation played a role, from which the Reutte textile factory developed. An important company is the company Koch Media with the distribution of CDs and DVDs with subsidiaries in Europe. This helps the community to achieve a balanced commuter balance.

In 1956 the airfield (the only one in the district) was opened for glider pilots, which is now also approved for single-engine powered aircraft.

The place is on the long-distance cycle path , which runs as the Via Claudia Augusta along an ancient Roman road of the same name .

Population development

coat of arms

Blazon :

"In gold a blue flax blossom over a blue angular base covered with a golden house."

The municipal coat of arms, awarded in 1977, symbolizes the place name with the house and, with the flax blossom, refers to the previously important flax cultivation. The colors of the municipality flag are yellow-blue.

Culture and sights

Catholic branch church Maria Hilf

See also:  List of listed objects in courtyards

The Catholic branch church Maria Hilf was built in 1692. Enlarged in 1705, the church was expanded again from 1741 to 1760, the tower was added. The painting of the Assumption of Mary on the church ceiling was painted by 1800 church painter Josef Anton Köpfle who came from Höfen. There is also the Marienkapelle, it is located on Untere Platte Weg and was built in 1876, and historical wayside shrines in the village near the Oberhornberg and the Schollenwiesen lift. Hannibal Verlag, which specializes in non-fiction books about rock and pop musicians, is located in Höfen.

Personalities

• Josef Anton Köpfle (1757–1843), painter
• Josef Lutz (1843–1895), city architect of Munich
• Cölestin Nigg (1734–1809), Vicar General of the Diocese of Augsburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Walter Pohler: Höfen. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on March 27, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Höfen airfield
4. ↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Tyrol No. 10/1977 ( digitized version )
5. ^ Eduard Widmoser: Tiroler Wappenfibel . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1978, ISBN 3-7022-1324-4 , p. 66 .

Web links

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

• 70816 - courtyards. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Höfen , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"