Obernberg am Brenner
Upper is a municipality with 362 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Innsbruck Land, Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Innsbruck.
- 3.1 Partner community
Geography
Upper mountain is located in the homonymous valley that branches off from the Wipptal in Gries am Brenner. The head of the valley form the massive black wall and the Kalkzacken the Tribulaune ( on the border with South Tyrol / Italy) in contrast to the underlying bedrock terrain.
The valley was already in the Bronze Age as pasture, and the invading Romans arrived in 15 BC to a thriving mining industry, which was abandoned in the 16th century. Surrounded by pine forests Obernberger lake is a popular destination, Emperor Maximilian I went around to hunt.
The municipality is crossed by Obernberger Seebach.
Districts
The municipality is composed of seven villages:
- Leite,
- Außertal,
- Innertal
- Gereit,
- Eben,
- Frade and
- Obernberger lake.
Neighboring communities
Demographics
Culture and sights
- Parish Church of St Nicholas:
After already in 1339 a small church of St. Nicholas is mentioned, the late Baroque parish church of St. Nicholas was built in 1760. In 1834 it received its characteristic onion dome. The architecture is derived by Johann Umhauser, who was an employee of the spiritual building director Franz de Paula Penz. The Malkünstler and plasterer Joseph polluters, who designed among others, the churches of St. Jodok am Brenner, Mittenwald and Oberammergau, was responsible for the decoration of the church. The decorated in rococo style pulpit comes from, as well as the construction of the altar and the statues, the ideas of Johann Perger from Stilfes. The ceiling frescoes and the altarpiece of the main altar are from the hand of Christoph Anton Mayr from Schwaz. The Stations of the Cross were designed by Josef Strasser 1850. Thanks to its embedded on a moraine in the valley position, in the background the massif of Tribulaun, and its architectural style is the church one of the most sought after photo opportunities Tyrol.
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- Chapel of Our Lady on the lake
- Court orchestra (also in the chapel Innertal or Danler Chapel )
- Frader mill
- Obernberger See
Policy
The last mayor elections took place simultaneously with the local elections on March 14, 2010.
Roman Grünerbl was elected mayor.
Partner community
Upper Mountain maintains partnerships with Heddesbach in Germany.
Coat of arms
The awarded in 1973 by the Tyrolean Regional Government coat of arms shows in red two golden cones and a king with a crown in the three- ball. The three golden cone refer to the legend of the golden bowling game that is supposed to be buried in the rattle of stone and is guarded by the mountain king. The true core of the saga are probably the natural resources of the Tribulaun.
Personalities
- Heini Messner ( born 1939 ), coach of the Austrian Ski successful Skiweltcuprennläufer and Ladies teams in the 1970s
- Ernst Mair Tribulaun ( b. 1928 ), painter