Wattenberg

coat of arms

Austria map

Basic data

Country:

Austria

State :

Tyrol

Political District :

Innsbruck country

License plate :

IL

Surface:

67.86 km²

Coordinates :

47 ° 16 ' N , 11 ° 36' E Coordinates: 47 ° 16 '24 " N , 11 ° 36' 21" E

Height :

1050 m above sea level A.

Residents :

742 (January 1, 2020)

Postal code :

6113

Area code :

05224

Community code :

7 03 66

NUTS region

AT332

Address of the
municipal administration:

Wattenberg 23a
6113 Wattenberg

Website:

www.wattenberg.tirol.gv.at

politics

Mayor :

Franz Schmadl (Wattenberg citizens' list)

Municipal Council : (2010)
(11 members)

5
List of Mayors, 4 List of Citizens Wattenberg,
2 FPÖ

Location of Wattenberg in the Innsbruck-Land district

Wattenberg

Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Wattenberg is a municipality in the Tyrolean Unterland about 20 km east of Innsbruck in the Lower Inn Valley at 700 to 1300 meters above sea level south of the Inn on the eastern slope of the Wadden Valley . The community covers an area of 68 km² and has 742 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020). In 2003 it recorded 6,800 overnight stays. The municipality is located in the judicial district of Hall in Tirol .

geography

Wattenberg is a pronounced scattered settlement , the settlement area is mainly located at the mostly unwooded valley entrance, at the southern end of the valley is the Lizum-Walchen military training area . The military restricted area is mostly in the municipal area of Wattenberg and is closed to public car traffic and mountain bikers from the command building in Walchen. The Wattentaler Lizum is very popular in winter as a ski touring area and in summer as a hiking area, whereby the military closure times must be observed.

Wattenberg has one of the most extensive stone pine stocks in Tyrol. Since Maria Theresa these have been mainly managed by the Austrian Federal Forests .

Neighboring communities

Population development

Culture and sights

Wattenberg, parish of the court chapels
Chapel in the Wattentaler Lizum
Historic iron ore mining
Historic iron ore mining

economy

At an altitude of 2500 m above sea level. A. , the oldest iron mine in North Tyrol was opened in the Wattenberger Mölstal in 1315. The smelting was in the area of today's paper mill cotton wool . Water and hydropower from the municipality of Wattenberg was the reason for the establishment of industrial companies with world renown, such as Swarovski and cotton wool, in Wattens, which has blossomed into a market town on the valley floor of the Inn Valley.

politics

The last mayor elections took place on May 18, 2014, and Franz Schmadl was elected mayor.

The last municipal council elections took place on March 14, 2010.

Political party	percent	be right	Seats on the local council
Mayor list	46.20%	225	5
Wattenberg citizens' list	37.78%	184	4th
Freedom Wattenberger	16.02%	78	2

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms of Wattenberg shows a schoolchild on Zweiberg, since from 1756 to 1905 the Unterlechen school in Wattenberg was attended by children from both sides of the valley. A schoolmaster was teaching in Wattenberg as early as 1524, based on the coat of arms with the young person. The municipality of Wattenberg also took this peculiarity into account in maintaining the multi-class village school with upper level, which - thanks to the understanding of the school authorities - there is currently no second in Austria.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Rudolf Schwaiger (1920–1986), politician ( ÖVP )

Web links

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

70366 - Wattenberg. Community data, Statistics Austria .
Tyrol Atlas
Wattenberg , in the history database ofthe association "fontes historiae - sources of history"
Municipality of Wattenberg: Official website of the municipality in the Hall-Wattens region

Individual evidence

↑ Franz Schmadl mayor of Wattenberg , Tirol ORF Online, accessed on May 18, 2014

[1] Franz Schmadl mayor of Wattenberg , Tirol ORF Online, accessed on May 18, 2014