Ebbs

Ebbs is a municipality with 5299 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Kufstein, Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Kufstein.

2.1 History major data
2.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Ebbs is situated in the Lower Inn Valley near Kufstein, east of the Inn and at the base of Tame Emperor and one of the largest municipalities in the district of Kufstein. Moreover Ebbs has about 5000 inhabitants, is one of the largest villages of the federal state of Tyrol and with an altitude of 475 m, the lowest-lying village of Tyrol. The Inn here forms the border with Bavaria.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the following nine villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

Asching (96 )
Brand ( 18)
Ebbs ( 2854 )
Eichelwang (880 )
Kaisertal (33 )
Nußham (117)
Oberbuch Berg ( 90)
Oberndorf ( 777 )
Wagrain - Mill Valley ( 356)

The municipality comprises the cadastral book mountain and Ebbs. The area is known as Lower Schrannenplatz ( Schrannenplatz was a circuit court ).

Neighboring communities

Rettenschoss

History

At the end of the Würm glaciation was located approximately in the district of Oberdorf the southern border (with Kiefersfelden on the other side of the valley ) of the Rosenheim lake, which had roughly the size of Lake Constance and was created by the meltwater of the Inn glacier.

The name Ebbs goes back to the naming of the directory of the Salzburg church cadastre Notitia Arnonis from the year 788, in which the entry ad EPISAS due ecclesiae already in use at that time the existence of two churches. On the other hand, finds out that must have been a settlement since Roman times in Ebbs and therefore presumed you that the name is derived from an earlier period. Ad Episas has both Latin and Celtic roots because Episas is derived from the Celtic horse goddess Epona and then means Rossbach ', therefore, would be ad Episas with, at Rossbach ' translate. There are in Ebbs both a stream that Ebsen is, as well as a stream of Rossbach means. Which church is meant here as a second, is not known, because at the time of the entry in the entry, the knight's castle of the lords of Ebbs was at the site of today's second church (St. Nicholas ) is still standing, which lost its importance in the 15th century and fell into the sequence.

One day the men attracted to Ebbs in the castle Wagrain and the castle, which was founded, according to a deed in 1174, was left to the ravages of time. Today, the castle church is left to St. Nicholas of the castle is. The expiration of the castle certainly contributed to the expansion of Festung Kufstein. There should be a tunnel connection between the knight's castle and the castle Wagrain. It is believed that she is buried today. The Wagrain castle is now privately owned and therefore not open to visitors.

The yards were achievable in Emperor until 2007 only by footpath. Now leading a 800 m long tunnel into Kaisertal that facilitates the way the residents and may only be used by local residents. 2008, the tunnel was completed.

History major data

Ebbs in Roman times: It is strongly suspected that the known Roman road which ran through the burner and the Inn Valley, also went through Ebbs and was at Eichelwang over the Inn. Eichelwang was called in those days Albiancon and can be seen on ancient Roman maps. From 480 the Romans sought refuge in this area, because the Germans often attacked. The remaining Romans called " Walchen " (cf. Walchsee )
6th century: immigration of Bavaria ( Bavarians )
Official establishment of Ebbs: 788 Ebbs was in the Notitia Arnonis (collection of proprietary churches ) for the first time officially called. However, the Celtic name indicates a much higher age
1174 Foundation of the knight's castle of the noble family Ebbs
Circa 1400 founding of the castle Wagrain and decline of the knight's castle
13th and 14th century, the famous knight Ebbs often appear on at tournaments, up to the 1930s there were in Ebbs the jousting with a " fabulously thick Knight"
1552 Foundation of Ebbs Schanz ( defensive line with a moat, towers, fortifications and drawbridge )
1611 Ausbauung the Schanz, today's guest house was once a kind of canteen for the guards of the Schanz
1703 reconquest of Kufstein by Bayern at the Bavarian hype to recapture the fort in trying the Tyrolean played a major role Schanz Ebbs
Return in 1704 arson by Bayern, but then again they had to Kufstein
1780 sale of the Schanz privately owned, because the Schanz for military purposes had no use
Pressing again the 1786 sale to the Rieder family, the Schanz is until today still in their possession. 1945, the senseless command was proclaimed to expand the Schanz Ebbs to stop the Americans
1809 conquest of Kufstein by the instigated by Napoleon Bavaria, repeated attempts by the Tiroler to conquer the fortress
To 1814 Ebbs in Bavarian Hand
1988, a comprehensive book about Ebbs by the then principal headmaster George was released anchor at the 1200 - year celebration

Coat of arms

Official description of the municipality coat of arms:

The rafters reminiscent of the coat of arms of the important medieval family of the Lords of Ebbs. The horse's head points to the pre-Roman name of the community. It means Rossbach ' and proves its the age old tradition of horse breeding in Ebbs. ( Official Wapppendeutung )

The coat of arms was granted on March 3, 1974.

Economy and infrastructure

Today, the community is dominated by commuters, and businesses, and especially the tourism play an important role. By Tame Emperor and because of the favorable geographic location (close to Germany located ), there was also relatively early in Ebbs large tourism. Many surviving postcards to point the way to the development of this now large for a Unterinntal street village community, testify and should be interpreted in any Ebbs calendar, which is designed by Georg anchor. Tourism, it is probably also attributable to that of the once ordinary Unterinntal village Ebbs such a well-developed community has emerged.

In Ebbs is the foal EbbsFohlenhof, the Federation of Haflinger Horse Stud Breeders Association of Tyrol, the largest breeding of Haflinger horses in Europe. Ebbs is repeatedly the scene of the lively Haflinger World Exhibitions.

Culture and sights

The present parish church of the Assumption (called " Cathedral Ebbs " ) is a richly decorated baroque church. It was at the site of the former Gothic parish church rebuilt from 1748-1756 after plans by the Baroque architect Abraham Millauer. From the tower of the old church was taken over and bricked up in the same place. In the past - before the construction of the other churches in the "Lower Schrannenplatz " ( the Lower Schrannenplatz includes the communes of Ebbs, Walchsee, Lower Village, Niederndorferberg, Rettenschoss and Erl ) in low- village and Walchsee (the church in Erl already existed ) - was the Ebbs Dom, as he is called by the locals loving, responsible for all communities of the Lower Schrannenplatz. Today, the parish Ebbs shares because of the size, only the pastor with Walchsee. In the old Gothic church Ebbs all the statues were destroyed, only the statues of Jesus and Mary did not dare to burn you. The other statues were burned because they wanted to revive the simplicity of the Gothic can not re. The painters work was done by Joseph Adam Mölk, which also includes a road has been dedicated in Ebbs. The church houses a miraculous image of a seated Madonna of 1450th

Also worth visiting is the " Anthony Chapel " in Emperor, which is visited at the annual exhibition of up to 2000 visitors.

Tame The emperor, together with the Wilder Kaiser the Kaisertalnaturschutzgebiet. A special attraction of Ebbs is the " foal ", the world's largest stud farm for Haflinger horses - with accompanying museum. In a nearby forest of Raritätenzoo Ebbs is with more than 70 different animal species.

In Kaisertal, which for the most part is like the Tame Emperor Ebbs area, there were also numerous finds of cave bear bones, probably of bear that lived in the cave Tischofer. These findings are to be considered today in the Kufstein Fortress.

St. Nicholas with Naunspitze

Gasthof Schanz

Castle Wagrein

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town:

Peter Aschenbrenner (1902-1998), Alpinist
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (1702-1761), painter
Monika Feuersinger (born 1965), triathlete, duathlete
Emma Freising (* 1932), nurse
Walter Obholzer (1953-2008), painter

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