Jungholz

Jungholz
Jungholz
Location of Jungholz within Tyrol
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Reutte
Mayor	Bernhard Eggel (ÖVP)
Area	7 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation	1,054 m  (3458 ft)
Population	309 (1 January 2011)
- Density	44 /km2 (114 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RE
Postal codes	6691 (Austria) 87491 (Germany)
Area code	05676
Website	www.jungholz. tirol.gv.at

Jungholz is a small town in the Austrian district of Reutte, Tyrol that is only accessible via Germany. It has a total resident population of 323 people in its 7 km². The lack of a road connection to anywhere else in Austria led to Jungholz being included in the German customs area until Austria joined the EU in 1995. Letters to Jungholz can be addressed with either a German or an Austrian postcode (D-87491 and A-6691, respectively).

Quadripoint

Jungholz forms an exclave of Austria that is connected to the rest of Austria by a single point, which is the summit of the mountain Sorgschrofen (1636 m). As well as housing border post number 110 on the normal international border between Tyrol and Bavaria, a second border starts and, having gone round Jungholz, ends there. There are thus borders extending in four directions from the summit, called a quadripoint. Two Austrian (Tyrolian, Reutte) and two German (Bavarian, Oberallgäu) municipalities meet at that point, starting with Jungholz and continuing clockwise:

• Jungholz (Austrian, north)
• Pfronten (German, east)
• Schattwald (Austrian, south)
• Bad Hindelang (German, west)

External links

• The boundary cross at Jungholz
• Jungholz's official website (in German only)

Jungholz in January 2004