Stams

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Stams
Coat of arms of Stams
Stams is located in Austria
Country  Austria
State Tyrol
District Imst
Mayor Franz Gallop
Area 33.56 km2 (13.0 sq mi)
Elevation 672 m  (2205 ft)
Population 1,300  (31 December 2005)
 - Density 39 /km² (100 /sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate IM
Postal code 6422
Area code 05263
Website www.stams.co.at

Coordinates: 47°16′35″N 10°59′00″E / 47.27639°N 10.9833333°E / 47.27639; 10.9833333

Stams is a municipality in the Imst district and is located 18.50 km east of Imst, 7 km west of Telfs and 46 km west of Innsbruck on the southern shore of the Inn River. The village contains a Cistercian monastery (Stift Stams), founded in 1273, and several schools, including the Schigymnasium Stams (Stams ski school), the Paedagogische Hochschule and the Meinhardinum Stams. Stams has 1300 inhabitants who are living in different parts of the village - called Thannrain, Windfang, Staudach, Haslach, Maehmoos und Hauland.

http://www.stiftstams.at http://www.pfarrestams.at

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