Zirl, Tyrol

Zirl is a market town with 7802 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) in the district of Innsbruck Land, Tyrol ( Austria ). The municipality is located in the judicial district Telfs.

3.1 Demographics

Geography

Location

Zirl is located at the southwestern end of the Karwendel Mountains, about 10 km west of Innsbruck in the Inn Valley at the Südostfuß Zirler mountain ( 1057m ). It lies on the north bank of the Inn on the alluvial fan of Ehnbach and lock stream.

Community structure

The municipality covers not only the main town Zirl nor the about 300 m higher Hochzirl, the Martin wall Ehnbachklamm and part of the northern chain of the 2,637 m high little Solstein. The district Zirl Station is the only south of the Inn. Eigenhofen and Dirschenbach are two westernmost from the village hamlet on the old highway.

Neighboring communities

Innsbruck,
Inzing,
Kematen in Tirol,
Pettnau,
Ranggen,

History

On the Martinsbühel a settlement from the La Tène period is detected. In 4/5 Century was here the Roman military station Teriolis, which was expanded into a hunting lodge under the Roman- German king and later Emperor Maximilian I in 1500. The Kaiser-Max- grotto / cave wall Martin recalls that here Maximilian I. is said to have extravagant end of the 15th century in the Gämsenjagd.

Zirl was a major transport hub on the Roman road Via Raetia to Augsburg. Here began the steep ascent to the saddle Seefeld, the course of which, however, is no longer unique to clarify today. The community was first documented in October 28 799

Today's question castle ruins stone was founded before 1209 and 1703 in the War of Spanish Succession ( Bavarian Rummel ) blasted what they expire since then. The area around the ruins is a nature reserve today.

Since the 17th century the church was next to Thaur one of the centers of the construction of nativity scenes. Zirl had been repeatedly plagued by floods and fires, most recently on June 21 in 1908, a major fire which destroyed most of the houses.

In 1826 significant Tyrolean church painter Franz Plattner was born in Zirl. He died in 1887 in Innsbruck.

From 1910 to 1912, the Mittenwald railway was built with elaborate buildings, many of which are in Zirl important buildings as the Martin Wall tunnel, the castle creek viaduct Ehnbachklammviadukt and Hochzirl station.

A large population growth in recent decades made from Zirl residential.

Since June 1, 1984 Zirl entitled market town.

Population

Demographics

Policy

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

Joseph Kreiser was elected mayor and vice-mayor for Johanna Stieger. First-mentioned belongs to the party " Zirl Active".

Culture and sights

The parish church Zirl is decorated with frescoes of the church painter Franz Plattner.

Economy and infrastructure

Zirl has connection to the Inn valley motorway with exits Zirl Zirl -West and East.

The station of the Arlberg railway is located southwest of the village, on the opposite riverside, where several industrial and commercial enterprises have settled. Due to the numerous establishments of Zirl railway station is one of the largest freight stations in Tyrol.

The above hamlet on Hochzirl with the country Hochzirl ( a special hospital for Internal Medicine and Neurology acute treatment) has a railway station of Mittenwaldbahn. Furthermore Zirl connection has to Innsbruck and Telfs on regional buses.

The favorable local climate allows this winery, which, however, as agriculture has little meaning ( the vineyards are currently leased ). Major services are located in the areas of construction industry, chemical industry, gravel plant and recycling.

Leisure

The Martin wall east of Zirl offers a challenging fixed rope and many climbing routes.

Zirl is the starting point of hiking in the area of the Karwendel, about the New Magdeburg Hut ( Martinsbergalm ) or Solsteinhaus.

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