Bruck am Ziller
Bruck am Ziller is a municipality with 1021 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the Zillertal valley and belongs to the district of Schwaz in Tirol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Schwaz.
Geography
Geographical Location
The street village Bruck spreads at the entrance to the Ziller Valley, east of the Ziller on a low terrace. Behind the village the mountain slope rises steeply. At Bruck still belong to the hamlet Imming and occasional houses on Bruckerberg.
About the 1111 m high Kerschbaumersattel there is a road link to Reith in the Alpbach valley.
The community is heavily dominated by agriculture, and there are even smaller commercial and tourism businesses. Many residents commute to their place of work.
Neighboring communities
Add, Hart im Zillertal, Reith in the Alpbach Valley, Schlitters, Strass im Zillertal.
History
Probably already existed in Roman times in the space of Bruck an important road junction in the Inn Valley over the Ziller, which marked the boundary between the Roman provinces of Raetia and Noricum in the west to the east. Bruck was first documented in 1187 as "villa Prukke ", which is due to the construction of fixed bridges over the Ziller. The hamlet Imming is already 976 mentioned as " Himinga " and points to a Baiuvarii colonization.
Politically Bruck was the rule of the bishops of Salzburg, but the Bavarian and Tyrolean court since 1504 (administrative district ) rats mountain. It was not until 1811 Bruck was an independent municipality.
In the 16th and 17th centuries were mined copper and silver on Reitherkogel. The Reformation church movements, including the radical Baptist, met with the population at the beginning of the 16th century very well received, were to the authorities but considered dangerous. Between 1528 and 1539 were in rats 71 Mountain Baptist, who refused to recant their faith, executed, including many residents of Bruck.
During the Tyrolean uprising in 1809 also Bruck was a scene of this failed liberation struggle. Since 1939 Bruck no longer belongs to the district of Kufstein, but the Schwaz district. Schwaz is also since 1969 forum ( the District Court ).