Grins
Grins is a municipality with 1391 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Landeck, in Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Landeck.
Geography
Grins is located above the Landecker pool in the punch valley at the western end of a terrace above the river Sanna (as the confluence of Rosanna and Trisanna ). The scattered village lies at the foot of the 3036 m high Parseierspitze.
The districts are Grins, Innerdorf, Out of village, Fals, Tass eggs, Graf, Gurnau, Grist, Ochsenberg, Pazol, Gmar ( since 2000).
The neighboring municipalities loud Landeck, Pians, punching in Landeck, austerities, Tobadill, Zams.
History
Grins was colonized because of its sunny climate, even in prehistoric times, as finds from the Neolithic Age ( about 2000 BC) show. First mentioned was the place in 1288 " scall ".
Above Grins is a formerly much frequented mineral spring, and Margaret of Tyrol should have stayed there more often.
In the Middle Ages still an important base of the traffic to the Arlberg, Grins was since the construction of the valley road in the 14th century for offside. The result was that the village received in his Romansh - nested settlement patterns.
1945 burned the place from mostly and was faithfully reconstructed in part.
Grins has transformed itself from a rural community to a tourist - residential and commuter community.
Culture and sights
- The late Baroque parish church was built in 1775-1779 in place of an older church and several times later redesigned and renovated, the ceiling fresco is by Matthäus Günther.
- The brick Roman bridge that spans the gorge of Mühlbach in the village center, actually dates from the 16th century, but probably from the old Roman road that ran her name through the town.
Infrastructure
Grins is connected by a bus service to the train station Landeck- Zams and thus to the Arlberg railway. From this from big cities such as Innsbruck and Vienna, as well as Zurich, Basel or Dortmund can be achieved. With regional trains smaller communities are accessible along the Inn Valley.
Furthermore, the site with the exit " Landeck -West" is also linked to the S16 Arlberg expressway, direction Innsbruck merges into the A12 Inntalautobahn and is used by many commuters Grinner.
Recreational facilities
Grins has an outdoor swimming pool, which is located at the top edge of town ( " in the Fals " ) is located. Only slightly below it is a tennis court. The well-known sulfur mineral spring Wildbad is located above the village and can be reached by a twenty -minute walk or by mountain bike. On the eastern outskirts of the village lies the football ground Grins and slightly behind the green stream is a Kneipp pool.
Others
The inhabitants of Grins do not call themselves " grin ", but " Grinner ".
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ignaz Waibl (1661-1733), sculptor and wood carver