Schwoich

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Basic data

Country: Austria

State : Tyrol

Political District : Kufstein

License plate : KU

Surface: 18.74 km²

Coordinates : 47 ° 33 ' N , 12 ° 8' E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '0 " N , 12 ° 8' 0" E47.55 12.133333333333 583

Height : 583 m above sea level A.

Residents : 2,548 (January 1, 2020)

Population density : 136 inhabitants per km²

Postal code : 6334

Area code : 05372

Community code : 7 05 25

NUTS region AT335

UN / LOCODE AT SWO

Address of the
municipal administration: Municipal administration of SchwoichDorf 1
6334 Schwoich

Website: www.schwoich.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor : Peter Payr ( ÖVP )

Municipal Council : ( 2016 )
(15 members)

11

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11 4th

A total of 15 seats

ÖVP : 11
SPÖ : 4

Location of Schwoich in the Kufstein district

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

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Schwoich is a municipality with 2548 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Kufstein district in Tyrol ( Austria ).

geography

The village is located in the Tyrolean lowlands, 5.5 km south of Kufstein , on a high plateau to the right of the Inn River . The community area extends from the banks of the Inn to the Walleralm at the foot of the Wilder Kaiser and from the Locherer Chapel to the “Häringer Waterfall”. The total area of the municipality, which has approx. 2,500 inhabitants, is 18.77 km², although large parts of the forests and alpine pastures and pastures are taken up.

Community structure

The places of the municipality are Dorf (with Moosham), Am Bach, Sonnendorf, Easter village ("Letten"), Amberg, Höhe, Achrain, Habring, Egerbach.

The community is located in the judicial district of Kufstein .

The community is a member of the Kufsteinerland Tourism Association .

Neighboring communities

Bad Häring , Kirchbichl , Kufstein , Langkampfen , Söll

history

Settlement of the municipality began as early as the middle of the 6th century. The name Schwoich is mentioned for the first time in a traditional note from 1155/56 of the wealthy Baumburg monastery as "in loco qui dicitur Sevvevhen" . In 1280 the names "Swiuch" and "Schweng" were used, which indicates the mossy subsoil in parts of the place. This is also the reason for the largest occurrence of blueberries, the so-called "cranberries", which Schwoich made famous in the surrounding area.

As early as 1841 cement was burned by Franz Kink in the so-called “Russia”, the coat of arms of the community underlines this with a kiln on a blue background. This makes Schwoich the birthplace of the Austrian cement industry.

coat of arms

politics

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The municipal council has a total of 15 members.

With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 1998, the municipal council had the following distribution: 9 ÖVP, 3 SPÖ and 1 FPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution:? ÖVP and? SPÖ.
With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2016 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 11 ÖVP and 4 SPÖ.

mayor

2003–2020 Josef Dillersberger (ÖVP)
since 2020 Peter Payr (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Catholic parish church Schwoich hl. Aegidius: The baroque church with a medieval tower was extended in 1975 by the nave according to plans by Clemens Holzmeister .

Field chapel at the one- shift Örlach

Open-air cement museum: At the entrance to Schwoich there are two lime kilns that were restored in 1987/88 and remind us of the founding of the Schwoich cement works.

Chapel in the hamlet of Waldschönau

Locherer Chapel, which was built in 1736 in memory of the Kufstein blockade during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714).

Music band

The Schwoich music band currently has 72 active members. In August 2007 the chapel celebrated its 130th anniversary.

Parish church Schwoich
Parish church, Scheffauer in the background
Municipal Office
View of the Pendling

Sports

The recreation village is also known for its numerous sports facilities. In addition to hiking and mountaineering, you can also enjoy excellent mountain biking, tennis and football, as well as swimming in the Banana Lake (behind the tennis courts). However, the community is best known for its winter sports. Schwoich is home to one of the best ice stock clubs in Central Europe and has already produced many Olympians in cross-country skiing, biathlon and tobogganing.

The local soccer club FC Schwoich plays in the Landesliga Ost.
The local tennis club TC Schwoich plays in the regional league.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Josef Bletzacher (1835–1895), opera singer
Hans Ellmerer (1890–1969), politician ( CSP )
Maria Seissl (* 1959), librarian
Anton Lengauer-Stockner (* 1961), biathlete

People related to the community

Franz Kink (1790–1862), pioneer of cement production

Honorary citizen (selection)

Matthias Gumpold (before 1900-1967), cath. Local pastor
Franz Hausberger, cath. Local pastor

literature

Hanns Bachmann: On the older history of the low mountain range of Häring and Schwoich. In: Tiroler Heimat 50, 1986, pp. 27–59.
Fritz Kirchmair: The Schwoich village book. Innsbruck 1998.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 92, no. 492 .
^ Election result of the 1998 municipal council election in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, March 15, 1998, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
^ Election result of the 2004 municipal council election in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, March 7, 2004, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, March 14, 2010, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
^ Election results for the 2016 municipal council election in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, February 28, 2016, accessed on May 26, 2020 .
↑ Peter Payr elected mayor of Schwoich. meinviertel.at, April 27, 2020.
↑ Dehio Tirol 1980 , pp. 717f.

[1] 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. 92, no. 492 .

[TirolGrw1998_Schwoich-2] Election result of the 1998 municipal council election in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, March 15, 1998, accessed on May 26, 2020 .

[TirolGrw2004_Schwoich-3] Election result of the 2004 municipal council election in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, March 7, 2004, accessed on May 26, 2020 .

[TirolGrw2010_Schwoich-4] Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, March 14, 2010, accessed on May 26, 2020 .

[TirolGrw2016_Schwoich-5] Election results for the 2016 municipal council election in Schwoich. State of Tyrol, February 28, 2016, accessed on May 26, 2020 .

[6] Peter Payr elected mayor of Schwoich. meinviertel.at, April 27, 2020.

[7] Dehio Tirol 1980 , pp. 717f.