Kufstein

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Kufstein
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Kufstein
Kufstein is located in Austria
Kufstein
Administration
Country  Austria
State Tyrol
District Kufstein
Mayor Herbert Marschitz (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area 39.37 km² (15.2 sq mi)
Elevation 499 m  (1637 ft)
Population 17,497  (22 December 2006)
 - Density 444 /km² (1,151 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KU
Postal codes 6330-6333
Area code 05372
Website www.kufstein.at
Location of Kufstein within Kufstein district
Map

Coordinates: 47°35′00″N 12°10′00″E / 47.583333°N 12.166667°E / 47.583333; 12.166667

Kufstein is a city in Tyrol, Austria, located along the river Inn, in the lower Inn valley, near the border with Bavaria, Germany, and is the site of a post World War II French sector United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Displaced Persons camp.[1]

Kufstein is the second largest city in Tyrol and capital of the district (Bezirk) Kufstein.

The greatest landmark of Kufstein is the Kufstein Fortress, which was first mentioned in the 13th century.

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[edit] People

[edit] Economy

Glass manufacturer Riedel, gunmaker Voere, and ski and tennis racket manufacturer Kneissl are based in Kufstein.

[edit] Transport

Annual Almabtrieb cow train in Kufstein

Kufstein has two exits along the A12 motorway (autobahn) from Innsbruck to Rosenheim, and a railway station along the Austrian Western Railway section of the line from Verona to Munich.

[edit] Twin towns

Kufstein Fortress

Kufstein is twinned with

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eisterer, Klaus (1991) (in German). Französische Besatzungspolitik Tirol und Vorarlberg 1945/46-Innsbrucker Forschungen zur Zeitgeschichte Band 9. Innsbruck: Haymon Verlag. pp. 104. 

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