Zams

Zams
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Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Tyrol
Political District :	Landeck
License plate :	LA
Surface:	124.97 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 9 '28 "  N , 10 ° 35' 22"  E
Height :	767  m above sea level A.
Residents :	3,398 (January 1, 2020)
Postal code :	6511
Area code :	05442
Community code :	7 06 30
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 53 6511 Zams
Website:	www.zams.gv.at
politics
Mayor :	Siegmund Geiger ( ÖVP )
Municipal Council : (2016) (15 members)	8 ÖVP , 3 SPÖ 4 FPÖ
Location of Zams in the Landeck district
View from Anreit to Zams, in the background the Verwall group
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

Zams is a municipality with 3398 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Upper Inn Valley in Tyrol .

The name of the inhabitants is Zammer , not Zamser . The reason is the Rhaeto-Romanic origin of the place name. This ends with the Latin nominative ending -s, which is why the genitive is formed without -s.

geography

Zams is located in a climatically favored valley basin near the confluence of the Inn and Sanna rivers, exactly on the border of the Northern Limestone Alps and the Central Alps . From time immemorial, the place has been the hub of traffic routes: this is where the roads from the Vinschgau , Engadin , Bavaria and Lake Constance area intersect . As early as the Middle Ages, tolls were required of commercial wagons on the bridge over the Inn.

Area distribution

Community structure

The district of Grist (left) and the church of the district of Falterschein (right)

The district of Falterschein seen from the ridge of the Venet massif

View of Zams, with Rauer Kopf ( 2811  m ) and the gorge of the Zammer Loch.

The municipality includes the following two localities (population in brackets as of January 1, 2020):

• Zammerberg (254)
• Zams (3144)

Districts are:

• Zams: Lötz, Rease, Oberdorf, Engere, Oberreit, Unterreit, Siedlung, Riefe
• Zammerberg: Falterschein, Grist, Kronburg , Lahnbach, Rifenal, Schwaighof, Tatschhof, Anreit
• Ausserfern : Madau

Neighboring communities

Bach , Fließ , Flirsch , Gramais , Grins , Imst , Kaisers , Landeck , Schönwies , Stanz bei Landeck , Strengen , Wenns

climate

The climate is shaped by the inner-alpine location in the Inn Valley. There is a lot of precipitation in the northern reservoirs of the Lechtal Alps, while there is little precipitation in the local area. The sheltered location in the valley ensures a mild microclimate for the altitude .

history

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Population development

politics

The municipal council has a total of 15 members.

• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2004, the municipal council had the following distribution: 6 SPÖ, 4 citizen lists (ÖVP), 3 village lists Zams and Zammerberg (ÖVP) and 2 general Zammer lists (AZL).
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2010 , the municipal council had the following distribution: 7 Common for Zams (ÖVP), 4 SPÖ, 3 General Zammer List (AZL) and 1 Zammer Freedom (FPÖ).
• With the municipal council and mayoral elections in Tyrol in 2016 , the municipal council has the following distribution: 8 ÖVP, 4 FPÖ and 3 SPÖ.

mayor

• until 2010 Helmut Gstir (SPÖ)
• since 2010 Siegmund Geiger (ÖVP)

Culture and sights

Kronburg Castle

Kaplaneikirche Kronburg

Expositurkirche Falterschein

Zams parish church

Nymph head in the Zammer waterfall

See also:  List of listed objects in Zams

• Kronburg Castle
• Catholic Kaplaneikirche Kronburg Mariahilf
• Catholic Expositurkirche Falterschein the Purification
• Catholic parish church Zams hl. Andreas: The landmark of Zams is the free-standing church tower . The reason for its unusual location is a fire that burned half of the village to ashes in 1911 and destroyed much of the old buildings. The tower was retained while the church was rebuilt about 50 meters away.
• Zams was and is home to many visual artists. The most famous representative is the late Franz Xaver Hauser . Others are Christine Ljubanovic (now lives in Paris) and Roland Böck . With its youth orchestra, the Zams music band sets special accents in the work of young people and plays symphonic brass music at a high level.
• Water: From time immemorial, is water for the local population important. In the district of Lötz, the old whales used to irrigate the fields and meadows are still intact. In the year of water 2003, the water world ("Zammer Lochputz") was built in Zams, which brings the important element of water to the public's attention. In 2006, the water world was expanded to include a TIWAG power plant and a Kneipp facility. A special sight is the water fountain, which shows the power of water. The Zammer landlord Josef Haueis sets accents with water and dispenses water for free. The Tiroler Oberland region is also a center for white water sports such as kayaking , rafting and canyoning .

economy

While most of the other places in the Landeck district are characterized by tourism (especially winter tourism), there is a lot of trade, craft, trade and other services in Zams. About 5% of the population still make a living from agriculture - mostly as a sideline - especially in the hamlets on the Zammerberg.

• Tourism: Zams has been marketed in the Tirol-West Tourist Office together with Landeck , Fließ , Grins , Tobadill and Stanz since 2001 . The Venetbahn opens up the slopes of Venetmassivs for winter sports. In summer it is a popular destination for hiking and paragliding . The European long-distance hiking trail E5 , which leads from Oberstdorf to the Adriatic Sea, comes via the Memminger Hütte and the Zammer Loch to Zams and then continues over the Krahberg and Venet towards Pitztal . From the exit of Zams in the direction of Imst , the ascent leads to the Steinseehütte of the OeAV , accessible as far as the Alfuz Alm. The hut is a base on the Lechtaler Höhenweg .

traffic

Venetbahn

• Train: The town is connected to the Arlbergbahn via the Landeck-Zams train station . This is the stopping point for both international long-distance trains (Vienna, Bregenz, Zurich, Basel) and regional trains to Innsbruck . Every train stops here because from Zams you can go through the Upper Court into Switzerland and on the Reschenpass to South Tyrol.
• Road: Zams is also the end point of the A12 Inntal motorway from Kufstein and the starting point of the Arlberg Schnellstraße S 16 to Bludenz.
• Bike path: The place is also on the long-distance bike path , which runs as the Via Claudia Augusta along an ancient Roman road of the same name .

health

St. Vinzenz Zams Hospital

• The hospital St. Vincent Zams was the Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in the 18th century and is the largest employer in the region. The districts of Imst and Landeck receive medical care. A health and nursing school (GuKPS) for nurses is attached to the hospital. Also stationed in Zams is the ÖAMTC - Notarzthubschrauber Christopher 5 .

education

• Elementary school Zams (elementary school)
• Elementary school Zammerberg in Schwaighof (elementary school)
• Falterschein primary school (primary school)
• Zams Special Education Center and General Special School
• Zams-Schönwies secondary school (middle school)
• Health and Nursing School St. Vinzenz
• Katharina Lin's schools in Zams:
  • Exercise elementary school of the Pedagogical Academy of the Diocese of Innsbruck
  • Practical secondary school of the Pedagogical Academy of the Diocese of Innsbruck for girls with after-school care center “St. Vincent "
  • Catholic upper level secondary school
  • Educational Institute for Kindergarten Pedagogy (BAKIP)

Personalities

• Nikolaus Schuler (1756–1831), founder of the hospital in Zams
• Katharina Lins (1788–1836), founder of the order
• Johann Josef Netzer (1808–1864), composer and conductor
• Alois Haueis (1860–1951), politician ( CSP )
• Paulus Rusch (1903–1986), bishop
• Franz Xaver Hauser (1924–1999), painter and sculptor, comes from Zammerberg
• Hans Ladner (1930–2001), sculptor and professor at the Academy in Munich
• Hugo Westreicher (1933–2018), politician ( ÖVP ) and hotelier
• Werner Vogt (* 1938), trauma surgeon, contentious author, health and social reformer
• Hans Dietmar Schweisgut (* 1951), diplomat
• Romed Mungenast (1953-2006), Austro-Yenic writer
• Karl Schrott (* 1953), luge rider
• Günther Platter (* 1954), politician (ÖVP)
• Eva Lichtenberger (* 1954), politician ( The Greens )
• Bernhard Bair (* 1955), officer
• Werner Senn (* 1958), lawyer and head of the Austrian flight police
• Regina Heiss (* 1960), politician (ÖVP) and farmer
• Gerhard Mangott (* 1966), political scientist
• Stefan Tilg (* 1976), classical and neo-Latin philologist
• Mario Matt (* 1979), ski racer
• Andreas Matt (* 1982), freestyle skier
• Hansjörg Auer (1984–2019), sport climber
• Benedikt Lentsch (* 1987), politician ( SPÖ )
• Benjamin Parth (* 1988), cook
• Lisa Magdalena Agerer (* 1991), Austrian-Italian ski racer
• Anna Spielmann (* 1998), mountain biker

literature

• Claudia Hammerle, Willi Hofer: Mountain bike tours Kaunertal, Paznauntal, Stanzertal, Oberinntal, Zams . ISBN 3-7066-2167-3
• Veit Metzler: European long-distance hiking trail E 5: Lake Constance-Alps-Adriatic. Hiking book . ISBN 3-85491-711-2

Web links

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

• 70630 - Zams. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Web presence of the community of Zams
• History of the place Zams

Individual evidence

1. ^ Latin grammar # nominative
2. ↑ Statistics Austria: Population on January 1st, 2020 by locality (area status on January 1st, 2020) , ( CSV )
3. ↑ Herbert Tiefenbacher: The devastating fire disaster in Zams was 100 years ago - the single church tower still reminds of it today. In: mein district.at. February 19, 2011, accessed October 10, 2018 .