Holzgau

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

Reutte

License plate :

RE

Surface:

35.98 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 16 ' N , 10 ° 21' E Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '40 " N , 10 ° 20' 41" E

Height :

1114 m above sea level A.

Residents :

401 (January 1, 2020)

Population density :

11 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

6654

Area code :

05633

Community code :

7 08 17

NUTS region

AT331

Address of the
municipal administration:

House number 45
6654 Holzgau

Website:

www.holzgau.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Günter Blaas

Municipal Council : (2016)
(11 members)

11 Community list - GL

Location of Holzgau in the Reutte district

Holzgau from the south

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Holzgau is a municipality with 401 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Reutte district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The community is located in the judicial district of Reutte .

geography

The clustered village of Holzgau is located in the Lech Valley on the alluvial cone of the Höhenbach . The municipality extends to the main ridge of the Allgäu Alps with the ( Krottenkopf ) 2656 m above sea level. A. as the highest point.

climate

Monthly average temperatures and precipitation for Holzgau

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	0.2	3.5	7.6	11.7	16.8	19.6	22.1	21.4	17.9	13.6	5.1	0.5	O	11.7
Min. Temperature (° C)	-7.7	-7.1	-3.5	-0.1	4.2	7.3	9.4	9.2	6.1	2.2	-3.1	-6.4	O	0.9
Temperature (° C)	-4.9	-3.4	0.4	4.6	9.7	12.7	14.9	14.2	10.5	6.0	-0.3	-3.9	O	5.1

Precipitation ( mm )	85	75	92	65	96	128	154	163	98	74	84	87	Σ	1,201

Humidity ( % )	75.6	62.3	53.5	49.9	51.7	53.9	53.7	55.1	55.4	57.8	72.3	80.2	O	60.1

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0.2

-7.7

3.5

-7.1

7.6

-3.5

11.7

-0.1

16.8

4.2

19.6

7.3

22.1

9.4

21.4

9.2

17.9

6.1

13.6

2.2

5.1

-3.1

0.5

-6.4

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Source: ZAMG average climate values 1981 - 2010

Community structure

structure

Cadastral communities	Locations in the municipality
Holzgau (36.06 km²)	Holzgau (D) Dürnau (D) Gföll (R) Schiggen (R)
Legend

Legend for the breakdown table

In the cadastral municipalities column , all cadastral municipalities of a municipality are listed. In the brackets the respective area is given in km².

All settlements recorded by Statistics Austria, which also have their own local area code, are listed in the Localities column . In the hierarchy level of the same column, indented to the right, only settlements that consist of at least several houses are shown.

The most important of the abbreviations used are:

M = capital of the municipality
Stt = district
R = Rotte
W = hamlet
D = village
ZH = scattered houses
Sdlg = settlement
Hgr = group of houses
E = single farmstead (only if you have your own local area code)

The complete list of Statistics Austria is in: Topographical settlement identification according to STAT

It should be noted that some places can have different spellings. Thus, cadastral communities can spell themselves differently than localities or communities of the same name.

Source: Statistics Austria - List for Tyrol (PDF)

Neighboring communities

Bach , Elbigenalp , Hinterhornbach , Kaisers , Steeg
in Germany : Oberstdorf

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1315 as Holzge, later Holzgaw, which means woody or wooded meadow. In 1401 he was made a parish.

The richly decorated facades of the houses, some of which have been renovated in the last few decades, bear witness to the trade relations of the residents in the past centuries. A local museum gives an insight into the life of previous generations in the upper Lech Valley.

Population development

politics

The municipal council has 11 members.

With the 2016 municipal council election, the municipal council has 11 seats on the municipal list.

mayor

1992–2007 Hubert Moosbrugger
2007–2011 Günter Bader
since 2011 Günter Blaas (community list)

coat of arms

Blazon : In red a golden oblique branch bar .

The municipal coat of arms, awarded in 1980, symbolizes the place name with the stylized branch.

Culture and sights

Parish church Holzgau with Sebastian chapel and cemetery

Catholic parish church Holzgau Our Lady of the Assumption
Chapel of St. Sebastian in the cemetery
The war memorial with Pietá from Knittel's grave
Brick widum under a hipped roof from the 18th century
Josef Chapel in Dürnau
Trinity Chapel in the Holzgauer Feld

tourism

The Simms waterfall was artificially created at the end of the 19th century by the Englishman Frederick R. Simms , who settled in Holzgau as a hunting guest. The place is on the European long-distance hiking trail E5 and is the starting point for mountain tours in the Allgäu Alps and the Lechtal Alps . In addition to its importance as a two-season tourist municipality, there are many out-commuters.

On June 15, 2012 the longest and highest suspension bridge in Austria was inaugurated above Holzgau .

Sons and daughters of the church

Christian Schneller (1831–1908), philologist, poet, epic poet and folklorist
Christian Bader (1882–1942), CS politician , member of the Tyrolean state parliament , member of the Federal Council
Josef Strobl (* 1974), ski racer

Town center
Upper Lechtal
Simmswasserfall
Church in Holzgau
Altar of the church in Holzgau

literature

The community of Holzgau. For the 600th anniversary of the parish church in 2001, Ortschronik, Holzgau community, Holzgau 2001.

Web links

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

Official community website
Holzgau , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"

Individual evidence

↑ Provincial Law Gazette for Tyrol, No. 36/1980. ( Digitized version )
^ Coat of arms of Tyrol, Reutte district (Tyrol Atlas of the University of Innsbruck)

[1] Provincial Law Gazette for Tyrol, No. 36/1980. ( Digitized version )

[2] Coat of arms of Tyrol, Reutte district (Tyrol Atlas of the University of Innsbruck)