Reutte District

The district of Reutte, also called Außerfern, is an administrative district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is bordered to the north by Bavaria (district of Upper Allgäu, East Allgäu district and the district of Garmisch -Partenkirchen ), to the south by the district of Landeck and Imst and to the west by Vorarlberg (districts Bregenz and Bludenz ).

  • 3.1 For the word origin " Außerfern "
  • 3.2 Region History
  • 3.3 Demographics
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 5.1 Linguistic Singularity

Geography

The district includes the Lech, the Tannheim valley and the so-called intermediate gates between Reutte and the Fern Pass. On mountains, the district share of the Lech Valley Alps, weather stone mountains, Allgäu Alps (among Tannheimer mountains ) and the Oberammergau Alps. Major lakes are Plansee, Heiterwanger lake, Lake Halden Urisee and Vilsalpsee.

Upper Lech Valley in Steeg, Hägerau, Holzgau

Lower Lech history at Musau

Administrative divisions and regional planning

Community structure

The district Reutte is divided into 37 municipalities, including the City Vils and the market town of Reutte. The population figures are from January 1, 2013.

NUTS breakdown: AT331

In the run for the official statistics of the EU NUTS breakdown Außerfern is one of the five groups of districts (NUTS: AT -2) in Tirol, carries the code AT331 and includes the political district of Reutte.

Regional Planning

Today the term is used in particular as a regional development Außerfern - the region is part of the Europe regions Tyrol - South Tyrol - Trentino, Euregio via salina and Zugspitze weather stone Karwendel.

History

For the word origin " Außerfern "

Presumably, the name derives from, except the remote ' ( Fern Pass ). Except and Hearts are in the Tirolean frequent descriptive additions to a valley and distinguish between the entrance to the valley and the rear valley regions, or between the bottom portion from the center of the valley downstream and the areas bergeinwärts, or simply the directions into the valley and abroad., Außerfern ' So called possibly the valley to the historic rise to the Fern Pass.

Region History

The area was inhabited from the 10th century along the Via Claudia Augusta of Alamanni, came at the end of the 13th century through the unification by Duke Meinhard the County of Tyrol, but the close economic and cultural relations with the Allgäu area remained. So Außerfern long time church was subordinate to the Diocese of Augsburg. Also contributed to the favorable transport links to the Allgäu and to Upper Bavaria, while there was only a weather connection to the Inn valley, namely the Fern Pass.

Demographics

Economy and infrastructure

Tourism is an important source of income, because of the rather sparse and high-lying soil is difficult to manage, but there is a certain amount of dairy farming. In addition, the industry and commerce play a role, especially in the middle Lech Valley and the Reutte basin. The district forms a closed labor market and has a relatively low initial and commuters share from other regions.

In the area of performance is dominated by the tourism, especially in the areas of Zugspitze, Tannheim, Plansee, Lech Valley and valleys. Larger industrial centers are Reutte, Elbigenalp, courtyards and Vils, major production facilities are to be found in the metal industry and construction.

The Tiroler Lech Nature Park with the Lech as one of the last natural rivers in Europe, coupled with the variety of sporting opportunities, provides the basis for tourism in the Außerfern.

Traffic

Main link to the rest of Tirol is the Fern Pass. On railways, the area on the Außerfernbahn of Germany 's been connected.

Culture

Linguistic peculiarity

Linguistic point of view prevails a mixed form of Swabian or Alemannic and Bavarian, where the dialect spoken often differs from valley to valley and from place to place. The populated of Upper Bavaria and the Inn Valley forth areas such as the Ehrwalder basin and the side valleys of the Lech Valley have linguistically similar to the dialects of the Upper Inn Valley, while in the area around Reutte and in the Tannheim Valley is dominated by a Swabian- Alemannic dialect and in the upper Lech Valley to Steeg, which was settled by Vorarlberg forth over the Arlberg pass, the highest Alemannic dialects are spoken.

List of municipalities of the district

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