Schwendau

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Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

black

License plate :

SZ

Surface:

17.35 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 12 ' N , 11 ° 52' E Coordinates: 47 ° 11 '51 " N , 11 ° 51' 36" E

Height :

620 m above sea level A.

Residents :

1,760 (January 1, 2020)

Postcodes :

6283, 6290, 6292

Area code :

05285/05282

Community code :

7 09 27

NUTS region

AT335

Address of the
municipal administration:

Johann-Sponring-Strasse 80
6283 Schwendau

Website:

www.schwendau.at

politics

Mayor :

Franz Hauser

Municipal Council : (2016)
(13 members)

7 Together for Schwendau, 6 A breath of fresh air for Schwendau

Location of Schwendau in the Schwaz district

Schwendau and Hippach-Dorf from the north

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Schwendau is a municipality with 1760 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Zillertal and belongs to the Schwaz district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The community is located in the judicial district of Zell am Ziller .

geography

Schwendau is located in the rear of the Zillertal, west of the Ziller . Astegg, Burgschrofen, Burgstall, Hippach, Hoarberg, Kleinschwendberg, Kreuzlau, Mühlbach, Mühlen, Penken, Schwendau and Stockach belong to the municipality, which spreads out on the alluvial cones of several streams. The community stretches from the Ziller to the 2590 m high Hoarbergjoch. The main town of Schwendau did not develop until after the Second World War .

Schwendau uses many facilities together with the neighboring municipality of Hippach , so the two municipal offices are housed in the same building in Schwendau (only 30 m from the shared municipality border).

Neighboring communities

	Hippach	Ramsau in the Zillertal
Tux
	Finkenberg	Mayrhofen

history

Schwendau was first around the year 1200 as Swentowe (clearing in a Au) in a land register of the Archbishopric Salzburg mentioned. A castle allegedly sat enthroned on the Burgstallschrofen hill until the 14th century (not yet confirmed after archaeological excavations in 2015). Schwendau has been a political municipality since 1817.

In a referendum in 2003, the population spoke out against the merger with Hippach.

Culture and sights

Calvary chapel for the crucified Savior
Burgstallschrofen Chapel
Mesnerhüttl at the Kalvarienbergkapelle to the crucified Savior
Kalvarienbergkapelle for the crucified Savior in Schwendau

economy

In addition to commercial operations and agriculture, tourism with the Ski Zillertal 3000 ski area is economically important . A larger proportion of the employees are out-commuters.

TIWAG's Sidan power plant is located on the Sidanbach . It was put into operation in the summer of 1994 and has an engine output of 4.4 MW.

traffic

Schwendau can be reached via the Zillertalstraße and the Ramsau-Hippach train station with the Zillertalbahn .

Web links

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

70927 - Schwendau. Community data, Statistics Austria .
History-Tyrol: Schwendau