Pfunds

Pound ( rätorom. Fuond ) is a municipality with 2532 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the Landeck district in Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is part of the judicial district of Landeck.

• 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Pound is in the High Court, the upper section of the Tyrolean Inn Valley, in the triangle near the borders with Switzerland and Italy. When Kajetansbrücke the streets to Spiss and on to Montague and to Nauders and Reschenpass branch off.

The municipality consists of the villages Stuben am left Innufer the alluvial fan of the Stubnerbachs, pound - village on the right Innufer on the alluvial fan of the Radurschlbachs and the hamlets wall, front and rear Kobel, Birkach, Lafairs, stone and Greit. The connection between the hamlets forming a Built in 1950 in the style of the 19th century wooden bridge. The alluvial fans of streams direct the Inn by two distinctive loops.

Neighboring communities

Kaunertal, Nauders, lake, Serfaus, Spiss, Toesens

In Graubünden ( Switzerland ): Valsot in South Tyrol (Italy): Graun im Vinschgau

History

Pound was first mentioned in 1282. In both districts in the center are handsome medium-floor houses with projecting gable roofs, open staircases and painted facade in the Engadine style. A representative example is the former court house in Stuben. The houses are a testament to the prosperity of the place from the time when the trade between Augsburg and Venice still above the upper path, the Reschenpass and the Fern Pass was. The Church of Our Lady in Stuben was built in 1470 in late gothic style in 1680 and received a Baroque altar.

Pound was until the end of 1920 part of the judicial district Nauders, but this was resolved by the First World War and the judicial district of Ried slammed in Tyrol. Since 1978, the community is part of the judicial district of Landeck.

In pound is a band from the mid- 19th century. A secure existence in the year 1854 can be occupied. Beginning of the 20th century, there were two bands in town - the districts, village ' and, offices ' had their own band.

When flood event of 2005, the Stubnerbach stepped over the bank and spilled part of the village with gravel.

Culture and sights

See list of monumental objects in pound

Economy

In the 1980s, pound positioned as " Ökogemeinde ". There were plans to derive the Inn from the Swiss border in a power plant canal to Prutz. This prompted the residents, make life in the village under the motto of "sustainable and environmentally acceptable" to. They sat on the construction of solar systems, heat recovery in winter gardens and a pollution- free central heating system with biomass and wood waste.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Chrysostom Senn (1795-1857), poet - "The red Tyrolean eagle "
• Anna Maria Achenrainer (1909-1972), writer

Pictures

The Parish Church of Saint Peter and Paul.

Pound -Stuben

Pound stone