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Young wood is a Tyrolean town of Tannheim region in the district of Reutte with an area of 7 km ² at an altitude of 1054 m and 286 inhabitants ( 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Reutte. The locals refer to their city as " a piece of Tyrol in the Allgäu ".
- 2.1 German customs union area
- 2.2 belonging to the district Sonthofen
- 2.3 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 traffic
Geography
The municipality of young wood is all around of Bavaria, so surrounded by German territory and is therefore also known as Austrian or Tyrolean exclave. Strictly speaking this is not true, because young wood is connected at a point close to the 1636 m high summit of Sorgschrofen with the rest of Tyrol, thereby forming a functional exclave.
The following villages are in the municipality: The villages Gießenschwand, Langenschwand, High Courts and lower courts, the hamlet Habs Unterbichl, as well as the Alps Stubentalalpe and Älpele.
Neighboring communities
The neighboring communities of juvenile wood with their linear limit, ie more than point-like contact, all located on German territory. These are Bad Hindelang ( southwest), Wertach ( west and north ), Nesselwang (northeast) and Pfronten (east). At the point where the young wood the rest of Tyrol touches (the peak of the Sorgschrofen ) concerns in the south to a neighborhood community Schattwald Tannheim valley. The two German communities that touch on this point, Bad Hindelang ( subdistrict lower yoke ) are west and Pfronten ( district Steinachpfronten ) east of the boundary point.
History
The first documented mention was young wood in a purchase contract between a resident of Wertach and a young wood, which was completed on 24 June 1342. Thus the area of Bavaria came to Tyrol and remained there despite several border disputes. The final determination of the boundaries was carried out by contracts between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Empire of Austria from 1844 and 1850.
German customs union area
Through the Customs Treaty of May 3, 1868, the municipality of young wood was economically tied to the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Due to its geographical location, the community (as well as the Kleinwalsertal ) the customs union area of the Federal Republic of Germany with a German ( 87491 ) and an Austrian postal code ( 6691 ). In 2006, the Austrian Post did not want to accept the German postcodes for young wood and the Kleinwalsertal longer, but it was after protests of the population continues to grow. For outbound shipments, the Austrian tariffs, in particular the foreign postage for mail to Germany apply. The West German telephone area code ( 08365 - same as Wertach in Germany ) was turned off, so that the site can only be accessed via the Austrian telephone area code.
The particular geographical position also requires the residential share of nearly 50 % each German and Austrian citizens.
Belonging to the district Sonthofen
From 15 October 1938 to 8/9 May and September 19, 1945 was one young wood of the Bavarian district Sonthofen.
Coat of arms
In the municipal coat of arms growing out of a wing of the Tyrolean eagle green branch symbolizes the occupational history and membership of juvenile wood to Tyrol.
Culture and sights
Economy and infrastructure
In young wood until the introduction of the euro currency was the German Mark, the official means of payment; was through this special young wood for many years a particular financial center for German assets. Although young wood has only about 300 residents, three branches of Austrian banks are in place. This makes young wood to the place with the highest density of banks in Austria. Despite customs and monetary union and the abolition of border controls due to the Schengen Agreement applies here continue the Austrian banking secrecy, which is why created from Germany with the banks still money. And not always in a legal way: In 2007, German officials put 100,000 euros on the border with Young wood safely.
1948, the first ski lift in the district of Reutte, while the Tannheimertal region was erected in young wood. Economic importance is also the two seasonal tourism. The place is considered as part of the two tourism regions Allgäu and Tannheimertal and focuses on family tourism.
Even after the introduction of the common currency young wood has the German VAT rates as a German customs union area.
Traffic
The road connections to the rest Tirol pass through Bavaria. Federal highway 310 leads past Unterjoch to Oberjoch, where it flows into the federal highway 308 which leads to the Tannheimertal.