Pfons
Pfons is a municipality with 1232 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Innsbruck Land, Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Innsbruck.
- 3.1 Demographics
- 4.1 Mayor
- 4.2 municipal
- 4.3 Coat of Arms
Geography
Location
Pfons located in the northern Wipptal, east of Sill, immediately adjacent to Matrei. Together with Matrei and Mühlbachl Pfons has many infrastructural facilities. In Pfons the old salt road over elbows, branches off to the Hall.
The extensive municipality comprises the hamlets and farms of the eastern rocker age race to the Navis.
Community structure
The municipality comprises the two villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Pfons (620 )
- Schöfens (626)
The municipality comprises the cadastral Pfons.
Pfons ( 21.72 km ²)
Pfons (D)
Schöfens (D)
The most important of the abbreviations used are:
- M = center of the municipality
- Stt = district
- R = Rotte
- W = hamlet
- D = village
- ZH = Scattered houses
- Sdlg = settlement
- E = bowery (only if they have their own town code)
The complete list that uses the Statistics Austria, can be found at Topographic settlement Labelling according to STAT
Please note that some places may have different spellings. So Katastralgemeinden write differently than the same localities.
Source: Statistics Austria -
Neighboring communities
- Elbows,
- Matrei am Brenner,
- Mühlbachl,
- Navis and
- Tulfes.
History
The Naming of Pfons is unclear. The name comes from either " phanes " or " fanes " ( slope ) or of " pons " ( bridge). 1030 " Phunzun " was first mentioned in records in 1177 appeared the name " Phanes " on. The first documented mention of the district Schöfens ( Schevens ) was 1315.
Since 1811 Pfons is an independent municipality. A congregation merged with Matrei and Mühlbachl was rejected at a referendum in 1974.
Within the area above the village of Matrei earlier marble ( Matrei serpentine) was dismantled, the stone was used as a decoration in many churches in the Tyrol, but also in the design of the Burgtheater and Museum of Natural History in Vienna.
Population
Demographics
Policy
Mayor
Mayor in Pfons is Argen Woertz of the citizens list Pfons Argen Woertz. He was able to win in 2010 against Helmut Kirchmair from home Pfons list with 57.75 % of votes.
Parish council
The council consists of 13 members and has been committed to the local council election 2010 mandates the following parties together:
- 7 Bürgerliste Pfons Argen Woertz
- 6 home list Pfons
Coat of arms
The Pfonser coat of arms shows a yellow background on a blue rooster holding a hammer in his right claw. In this case the cock refers to the first known owner of the castle Arnholz. The former decomposition of serpentine found in Hammer of the cock again.
Culture and sights
- Branch Church St.. Margareta
- Parish of the Assumption and the seat of the original parish of Matrei am Brenner
- Cemetery Church St.. John
- Chapel St.. Nicholas in Schöfens
- Chapel in Gedeir
- Castle Arnholz
- Laces castle