Höfen, Tyrol
Courts is a municipality with 1247 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Reutte, Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Reutte.
- 3.1 Demographics
Geography
Farms located southwest of the main town of Reutte district on the left side of the Lech. The municipal area extends up to 1938 m high Hahnenkamm with the ski resort Alpe Höfener.
Community structure
Courts consists of a single, same cadastral.
Yards ( 8.36 km ²)
Hahnenkamm ( ZH) Courts (D) Hornberg ( D) Plates ( 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 locality 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 -
The villages yards (711 inhabitants), Hornberg ( 207 inhabitants) and plates ( 334 inhabitants; stand each 15 May 2001) form a wide -knit urban ribbon. The village cockscomb, consisting of a few scattered houses is not permanently inhabited.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are:
- Wangle in the north
- Lechaschau in the Northeast
- Ehenbichl the east and southeast
- Weissenbach am Lech in the southwest and west
History
Courts was first mentioned in 1427 and one of the youngest settlements of Außerfern. Here, against a construction of the bridge from Reutte to Lechaschau salt transport and the floating timber on the Lech a major role, as there was here a ford across the Lech to Ehenbichl.
At the beginning of the 17th century, the cultivation of flax played a role, from which developed the textile factory Reutte. An important operation is the company Koch Media in the distribution of CDs and DVDs with subsidiaries in Europe. This helps the community to a balanced commuter balance.
1956, the airfield ( the only one in the district) was opened for glider pilots, which is now also approved for single-engine airplanes.
Population
Demographics
Coat of arms
Blazon: ". In gold, a blue flat flower over blue, covered with a golden house Winkelschildfuß "
In 1977 awarded community emblem symbolizes the home the place name and refers to the flat bloom on the earlier significant flax. The colors of the flag are yellow-blue community.