Kauns

Kauns
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Landeck
License plate :	LA
Surface:	8.25 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 5 '  N , 10 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '40 "  N , 10 ° 41' 26"  E
Height :	1050  m above sea level A.
Residents :	504 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	6526
Area code :	05472
Community code :	7 06 12
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 23 6526 Kauns
Website:	www.kauns.tirol.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Matthias Schranz (Kauns community list, ÖVP)
Municipal Council : (2016) (11 members)	11 Kauns Community List ( ÖVP )
Location of Kauns in the Landeck district
View of the village center of Kauns
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Kauns is a municipality with 504 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Landeck district in the state of Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is part of the Landeck judicial district .

geography

Kauns is located at the confluence of the Kaunertal from the Ötztal Alps into the upper Inn valley above Prutz .

From the basin with the Faggenbach , the municipality extends along the mountainside to the neighboring municipality of Kaunerberg and includes part of the front Kaunertal.

The place is located at the foot of the mighty Kaunergrat and is a member of the Kaunergrat Nature Park Association . The nature park maintains a protection area for the ancient bee "Braunelle" on an area of ​​7,700 hectares. This rare species of bee is particularly characterized by its resistance to the cold winter in the mountains. Of 1000 peoples resident in Austria, 400 currently (2015) live in Kauns in the Kaunergrat protected area.

Neighboring communities

Flags	Kaunerberg
Prutz
Fendels		Kaunertal

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver a green tinned angle shield head and a black bear growing out of the green curved shield base."

The battlements in the coat of arms are reminiscent of Berneck Castle, converging in a triangle. The name has been interpreted as "Bäreneck" among the people. Therefore, the Lords of Berneck had a bear in their coat of arms in the Middle Ages. The green base of the shield symbolizes the Romanic place name Kauns, which translates as "Mulde" or "Wiege".

history

The first written mention of the place as "Chunes" dates back to the year 1120. From 1749 Kauns was run as an independent tax municipality.

The Bernegg Castle (also Berneck ) is located east of the village center at the edge of a 130 m to Faggenbach rock face and is a built in 1200 castle. The German King and later Emperor Maximilian I bought it in 1501 as a base for chamois and ibex hunting in the surrounding areas. The completely dilapidated facility has been restored true to the original since 1976 and can be viewed.

Kauns was originally part of the judicial district of Ried in Tirol and after its dissolution in 1978 it became part of the judicial district of Landeck.

Culture and sights

Berneck Castle

Kauns parish church

See also:  List of listed objects in Kauns

• Berneck Castle
• Catholic parish church Kauns hl. James the Elder
• Schranz chapel: At the entrance to the village there is the Schranz chapel with a crucifix, which is believed to have been made by Andreas Kölle . The chapel was donated by Michael Schranz in 1639 as thanks for surviving the plague.
• Only a few houses survived the numerous village fires, one of which is the castle courtyard with paintings from around 1650.
• Kaunerberger Wasserweg: The waterway leads through the municipality of Kauns. This follows an irrigation canal, which was financed with funds from the Marshall Plan and was built between 1947 and 1954. In parts, the trail follows the pilgrimage route to Kaltenbrunn in the Kaunertal . In the south of Kauns, the "Szegediner Luis Steig" connects to the waterway.

Web links

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

• 70612 - Kauns. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Kauns community
• Kaunergrat Nature Park
• History-Tyrol: Kauns

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tyrolean daily newspaper. Retrieved March 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Kaunergrat Nature Park. Retrieved April 15, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Kauns municipality. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 15, 2016 ; accessed on April 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Mag. Michael Fritz. Retrieved April 15, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Adi Spraber. Retrieved April 15, 2016 . 
6. ^ Deanery Prutz. Retrieved April 15, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Mag. Wolfgang Morscher. Retrieved April 15, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Kaunertal Tourist Association. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 15, 2016 ; accessed on April 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Open Street Maps. Retrieved April 15, 2016 .