Wangle
Wangle
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Basic data | ||
Country: | Austria | |
State : | Tyrol | |
Political District : | Reutte | |
License plate : | RE | |
Surface: | 9.33 km² | |
Coordinates : | 47 ° 29 ' N , 10 ° 41' E | |
Height : | 882 m above sea level A. | |
Residents : | 930 (January 1, 2020) | |
Population density : | 100 inhabitants per km² | |
Postal code : | 6610 | |
Area code : | 05672 | |
Community code : | 7 08 35 | |
NUTS region | AT331 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Oberdorf 4 6610 Wängle |
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politics | ||
Mayor : | Christian Mueller | |
Municipal Council : (2016) (11 members) |
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Location of Wängle in the Reutte district | ||
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Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria |
Wängle is a municipality with 930 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Reutte district in Tyrol ( Austria ).
location
Wängle is located west of Reutte in the Reutten basin at the foot of the Hahnenkamm skiing and hiking area . It is one of the oldest settlement areas in Ausserfern . The cluster village has largely grown together with the surrounding hamlets. The village Hinterbichl forms a municipality of Lechaschau lying exclave of the municipality.
Neighboring communities
Höfen , Lechaschau , Musau , Nesselwängle and Weißenbach am Lech .
Community structure
The municipality includes the following four localities (residents as of January 1, 2020):
- Hinterbichl (35)
- Wooden (164)
- Wangle (556)
- Winkl (175)
Districts are Hinterbichl, Holz, Niederwängle and Winkl.
history
Wängle was first mentioned in a document in 1278. For a long time it was the parish center of the parishes on the western side of the Lech.
In 2007/2008 the postcode was changed from 6600 to 6610. Wängle is the first municipality in the Reutten valley basin with its own postcode.
coat of arms
Blazon : In blue, a black robed Saint Martin riding on a silver horse over a green shield base, sharing a red cloak with the sword.
The municipal coat of arms, awarded in 1976, shows the church patron and reminds of the importance of the region as a former ecclesiastical center.
Culture and sights
Sports
In 2005 the Ski Speed World Championship took place in the Reuttener Seilbahnen ski area.
Economy and Infrastructure
Wängle is on the sunny side of the Reutte holiday region in a quiet location. Many hiking and Nordic walking trails lead along the edge of the valley basin or over footpaths into the hiking area of the Hahnenkamm.
Huts & Alms: Gehrenalpe, Lechaschauer Alpe, Schneetalalm, Höfener Alm, Cillyhütte (in winter: Cillyhütte and Singerhütte).
Wängle is on the long-distance cycle path , which runs as the Via Claudia Augusta along an ancient Roman road of the same name .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Ignaz Zangerle (1905–1987), adult educator
- Harti Weirather (* 1958), downhill world champion from 1982
Web links
- 70835 - Wängle. Community data, Statistics Austria .
- Wängle , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"
Individual evidence
- ^ Election result of the municipal council election 2010 in Wängle. State of Tyrol, March 14, 2010, accessed on January 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Results of the 2016 municipal council elections in Wängle. State of Tyrol, February 28, 2016, accessed on January 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Statistics Austria - Population at the beginning of 2002–2020 by municipalities (area status 01/01/2020)
- ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
- ^ Eduard Widmoser: Tiroler Wappenfibel . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 1978, ISBN 3-7022-1324-4 , p. 69 .