Zirl, Tyrol

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Zirl
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Coat of arms of Zirl
Zirl is located in Austria
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Zirl
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Mayor Hanspeter Schneider (SPÖ)
Area 57.24 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation 622 m  (2041 ft)
Population 7,641 (1 January 2011)[1]
 - Density 133 /km2 (346 /sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate IL
Postal code 6170
Area code 05238
Website www.mg.zirl.at

Coordinates: 47°16′24″N 11°14′29″E / 47.27333°N 11.24139°E / 47.27333; 11.24139

Zirl is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 10 km west of Innsbruck at the bottom of a pass with the name "Zirler Berg" (Zirl mountain), leading to Seefeld and ultimately to Germany. The location was mentioned in documents in 799 for the first time.[2] Zirl was tortured several times by inundations and fires but nevertheless the population has increased in the last years. The status „Market town“ was received in 1984.

A remarkable sight is its parish church, richly adorned with frescoes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.
  2. ^ Prantl N (1960). "Heimat Zirl", Universitaetsverlag Wagner

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