St. Jodok am Brenner
| St. Jodok am Brenner ( village ) | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Pole. District , state | Innsbruck-Land (IL), Tyrol | ||
| Pole. local community | Vals | ||
| Locality | Vals | ||
| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 '45 " N , 11 ° 30' 5" E | ||
| height | 1129 m above sea level A. | ||
| Post Code | 6154 | ||
| Statistical identification | |||
| Counting district / district | Vals (70362 000) | ||
 View over St. Jodok into the Wipptal |
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| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; TIRIS | |||
| St. Jodok am Brenner ( village ) | |
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| Basic data | |
| Pole. District , state | Innsbruck-Land (IL), Tyrol |
| Pole. local community | Schmirn |
| Locality | Outrageous |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 3 ′ 45 " N , 11 ° 30 ′ 5" E |
| height | 1129 m above sea level A. |
| Post Code | 6154 |
| Statistical identification | |
| Counting district / district | Schmirn (70 349 000) |
| Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; TIRIS | |
St. Jodok am Brenner is a village in Tyrol that belongs to the municipalities of Vals and Schmirn in the Innsbruck-Land district. It has been a mountaineering village together with the Schmirntal and Valsertal since 2012 .
location
St. Jodok is 1129 m above sea level. A. at the point where the Schmirn Valley and the Vals Valley meet , just before they flow into the Wipptal Valley . The streams coming from the two valleys, the Schmirnbach and the Valser Bach , also flow together in the village . The Schmirnbach forms the municipality boundary, the greater part of it south of it belongs to the municipality of Vals, the part to the north to the municipality of Schmirn (locality Außenerschmirn).
history
In 1425 the Gothic parish church was built and dedicated to St. Dedicated to Jodok , in 1784 it was rebuilt and given a baroque style. St. Jodok originally belonged to the parish of Matrei , became a curate in 1687 and an independent parish in 1891. The village takes its name from the church patron, and the crown has also found its way into the municipal coat of arms of Vals. The choice of the pilgrim patron Jodok indicates that the place is on the pilgrimage route over the Brenner Pass to Rome .
traffic
The townscape is shaped by the Brennerbahn built between 1864 and 1867 , which gains height in a large bend around the town and a 481 m long spiral tunnel . To the north of the village is the St. Jodok stop , which is served by the S4 line of the S-Bahn Tirol .
Sports
With the Peter Kofler via ferrata in the Stafflacher Wand above St. Jodok, which opened in 2012, there is a 600-meter-long via ferrata in category C. There is also a climbing route over eleven pitches on the Stafflacher Wand.
literature
- Oesterreichischer Alpenverein (Ed.): St. Jodok, Schmirn and Valsertal. Proud mountains - gentle valleys. Innsbruck 2012 ( PDF; 1.4 MB ) ( online )
- Vals , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New mountaineering village near the Brenner. ORF , October 25, 2012, accessed on November 8, 2018 .
- ↑ Pastoral care room Upper Wipptal: History of the parish church of St. Jodok