Tulfes

Tulfes is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck Land in Tyrol ( Austria ) with 1423 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). The municipality is located in the judicial district of Hall in Tirol.

Geography

Tulfes is located on an upland terrace 6km from Hall and 12 km from Innsbruck, at the foot of the 2677 m high Glungezer. The municipal area extends from the Inn valley floor on the low mountain range to the rear Voldertal, but includes only the left side of the valley, the right belongs to Volders.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the cadastral Tulfes and includes the following two places (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):

  • Tulfes ( 993 )
  • Volderwald (422 )

Tulfes ( 27.71 km ²)

Tulfes (D)

Volderwald ( ZH)

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 town 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 -

Neighboring communities

  • Rinn,
  • Volders,
  • Navis and
  • Elbows.

History

Findings from the first millennium BC, show a first settlement by the Illyrians. The name comes from the Latin tellevo, which means as much as usable earth. 1240 a dispute over an estate in Volderwald was recorded in documents.

Population

Population development:

Policy

The last mayor elections took place simultaneously with the local elections on March 14, 2010.

Joseph Gatt was elected mayor. He was the only candidate.

Economy and infrastructure

Today, in addition to agriculture, tourism plays a role, with the excursions and ski mountain Glungezer. In addition Tulfes is a popular residential area close to the urban conurbation Innsbruck- Hall.

Culture and sights

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