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Imst seen from the Vordere Platteinspitze (2565 m)

Imst (Southern Bavarian: Imscht) is a town in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 50 kilometres (31 miles) west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 metres (2,717 feet) above sea level. With a current population (2013) of 9,552, Imst is the administrative centre of Imst District.

History

Licensed since 1282 to hold a regular market. Until 1918, the town (named earlier also JMST) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district of the same name, one of the 21 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the Tyrol province.[1]

Imst received full town rights in 1898.[2]

Luge track

In 1958, the first artificially refrigerated track was completed at Imst.[3] The track was 1000.9 meters long with 17 turns and a vertical drop of 124.8 meters, giving the track an average grade of 12.48%.[3] No turn names were given for the track.

It hosted the FIL World Luge Championships in 1963 and 1978[4] and it hosted the FIL European Luge Championships in 1956, 1971, and 1974.[5]

SOS Children's Village

In 1949 Hermann Gmeiner founded the first SOS Children's Village in the Sonnberg district of Imst. The SOS-Kinderdörfer organization now runs over 450 such villages worldwide.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
  2. ^ So late? Reference appreciated.
  3. ^ a b 1964 Winter Olympic Games official report. p. 180. Template:De icon - accessed March 8, 2008
  4. ^ FIL World Luge Championships men's single results since 1955
  5. ^ FIL European Luge Championships men's singles results since 1914
between Imst and Tarrenz, wooden shed in panorama
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