The Bezirk Innsbruck Land is an administrative district (Bezirk

Bezirk

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) in Tyrol

Tyrol (state)

Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

, Austria

Austria

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. It encloses the Statutarstadt Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, and borders Bavaria

Bavaria

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 (Germany

Germany

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) in the north, the district Schwaz

Schwaz (district)

The Bezirk Schwaz is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria in the north, the districts of Kufstein, Kitzbühel and Pinzgau in the east, South Tyrol in the south, and the Innsbruck-Land district in the west.Area of the district is 1,843.20 km², with a population of...

 in the east, South Tyrol

South Tyrol

South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

 in Italy

Italy

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 to the south, and the district of Imst

Imst (district)

The Bezirk Imst is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders the district Reutte in the north, as well as sharing a small border with Bavaria...

 in the west.

Area of the district is 1,990.09 km², with a population of 154,940 (May 15, 2001), and population density of 78 persons per km². Administrative center of the district is Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

.

Geography

The district comprises a part of the Inn

Inn River

The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km long. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.- Geography :...

 valley, the North Tyrol

North Tyrol

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ean parts of the Wipptal

Wipptal

The Wipptal is a valley extending along the Sill River southward from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, where the Sill meets the larger Inn river, up to the Brenner Pass at the Austro-Italian border, one of the lowest passes across the Central Eastern Alps...

 valley and its tributary valleys Stubaital

Stubaital

The Stubaital is an alpine valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the central valley of the Stubai Alps. The Ruetz river flows through the valley....

, Sellraintal, Gschnitztal, and Wattental

Wattental

The Wattental is a southern side valley of the Inn valley.The valley, through which the Wattenbach stream flows, is incised deeply into the quartz-phyllite rock of the Tux Prealps. The two dispersed settlements of Wattenberg and Vögelsberg sprawl across the outer part of the valley...

, as well as the Seefelder Plateau.

The southern border with the Brennerpass is formed by main line of the Alps. The district is dominated by alpine areas, including the mountain ranges of the Stubai Alps

Stubai Alps

The Stubai Alps is a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps of Europe. It is named after the Stubaital valley to its east. It is located southwest of Innsbruck, Austria, and several summits of the range form part of Austria's border with Italy...

 in the southwest, Tux Alps

Tux Alps

The Tux Alps or Tux Prealps are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. The Tux Alps are one of three mountain ranges that form an Alpine backdrop to the city...

 in the southeast, and Wetterstein Mountains and Karwendel

Karwendel

The Karwendel is the largest range of the Northern Limestone Alps. Four chains stretch from west to east; in addition, there are a number of fringe ranges and an extensive promontory in the north....

 in the north.

Administrative divisions

The municipalities

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 of the district:

• Absam
  Absam
  Absam is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol situated at an altitude of 632 m, has an area of 52 km² and 6700 inhabitants as January 2011.-Geography:...
  
  
• Aldrans
  Aldrans
  Aldrans is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol situated at an altitude of 760 m, has an area of 8.89 km2 and 2183 inhabitants as January 2011.-Geography:...
  
  
• Ampass
  Ampass
  Ampass is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol situated at an altitude of 651 m, has an area of 7.9 km2 and 1644 inhabitants as January 2011.-Geography:...
  
  
• Axams
  Axams
  Axams is a community located on the western part of the highlands near Innsbruck. The community is one larger village in mentioned area.The name "Axams" has a Celtic origin and means something like „Place in the height“. The emblem has a golden top on blue ground. In the previous century flax was...
  
  
• Baumkirchen
  Baumkirchen
  Baumkirchen is a community in the district of Innsbruck Land. It lies in the Inn Valley north of the Inn River on a batter of the Gnadenwald terrace. The village can be reached via the Inn Valley Motorway.-External links:*...
  
  
• Birgitz
  Birgitz
  Birgitz is a community in the district of Innsbruck in Tyrol and lies on a terrace of the highlands 10 km south west of the capital. The nearest neighbouring village is Axams in the west and Götzens in the east....
  
  
• Ellbögen
  Ellbögen
  Ellbögen is a community in the district of Innsbruck Land and lies 12 km south of Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol. It is a scattered village located on the eastern valley side of the Wipptal.-External links:*...
  
  
• Flaurling
  Flaurling
  Flaurling is a municipality in the district Innsbruck country in Tyrol . It lies in the Inn valley between Innsbruck and Telfs south of the Inn River....
  
  
• Fritzens
  Fritzens
  Fritzens is a municipality in the district Innsbruck country in Tyrol . It lies 16 km east of Innsbruck on the left side of the Inn River. The origin of the village goes back until 6 BC.Nowadays Fritzens has an intense connection with Wattens....
  
  
• Fulpmes
  Fulpmes
  Fulpmes is a village in Tyrolese Stubaital, Austria, with a population of approximately 4000...
  
  
• Gnadenwald
  Gnadenwald
  Gnadenwald is a municipality in the eastern part of the district Innsbruck country. The village consists of several hamlets and the church villages: St. Martin and St. Michael....
  
  
• Götzens
  Götzens
  Götzens is a community in the district of Innsbruck-Land in Tyrol and lies on a terrace of the highlands above the capital. The nearest neighbouring villages are Axams and Birgitz in the west. The village was founded in 1869.-External links:*...
  
  
• Gries am Brenner
  Gries am Brenner
  Gries am Brenner is a municipality in the Wipptal in the southern district of Innsbruck-Land. The village consists of several hamlets.-Geography:Gries am Brenner is located at the entrance of the Obernbergtal on the western side of the Wipptal...
  
  
• Gries im Sellrain
  Gries im Sellrain
  Gries im Sellrain is a municipality in the Sellrain Valley in the western district of Innsbruck-Land. The village lies in the middle of the valley and the Melach River flows through it.-External links:*...
  
  
• Grinzens
  Grinzens
  Grinzens is a municipality with 1307 inhabitants in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the district of Innsbruck-Land. It lies southwest of the city of Innsbruck on 945 m elevation.-External links:*...
  
  
• Gschnitz
  Gschnitz
  Gschnitz is a municipality with 415 inhabitants in the southern part of the District Innsbruck-Land and is located 25 km south of Innsbruck at an elevation of 1242 m.-Setting:...
  
  
• Hall in Tirol
  Hall in Tirol
  Hall in Tirol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley, it has a population of about 12,700 .-History:...
  
  
• Hatting
  Hatting
  Hatting is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located 18 km west of the city of Innsbruck. The village was mentioned around 11th century for the first time. The number of inhabitants increased within the last few years.-External links:*...
  
  
• Inzing
  Inzing
  - Contition :Inzing is located in the Inntal between Innsbruck bzw. Zirl in east and Telfs bzw. Hatting in west. It's at the south coust of the Inn River...
  
  
• Kematen in Tirol
  Kematen in Tirol
  Kematen in Tirol is a larger municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located app. 12 km west of the city of Innsbruck. The Melach river merges in Kematen with the Inn river. Kematen was first mentioned as „Caminata“ around 600.-External links:...
  
  
• Kolsass
  Kolsass
  Kolsass is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located approximately 17 km east of Innsbruck. The location was first mentioned as „Quolesazz or Cholsasz" in 1050. It has 1495 inhabitants.-External links:...
  
  
• Kolsassberg
  Kolsassberg
  Kolsassberg is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located approximately 19 km east of Innsbruck and 2 km above Kolsass. The location was founded around 1196 and possesses 753 inhabitants.-External links:...
  
  
• Lans
• Leutasch
  Leutasch
  Leutasch is a municipality in the northern part of the district Innsbruck-Land and is located approximately 30 km northwest of Innsbruck. The beautiful valley lies within a 16 km long high-lying valley and possesses 2073 inhabitants and 26 hamlets....
  
  
• Matrei am Brenner
  Matrei am Brenner
  Matrei am Brenner is a small municipality in the southern part of the District Innsbruck-Land and is located approximately 17 km south of Innsbruck. Matrei has always been an important station for commerce. The village has 902 inhabitants , at 992 m...
  
  
• Mieders
  Mieders
  Mieders is a municipality in the southern part of the district Innsbruck-Land, in Austria. It is located on the right side of the Stubaital 10.60 km south of Innsbruck. Mieders presently has 1728 inhabitants....
  
  
• Mils
  Mils, Austria
  Mils is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located 12 km east of Innsbruck. The area is restricted by the Weißenbach in the west and the Inn River in the south. The location was mentioned in documents in 930 for the first time. In the last 40 years Mils grew enormous thanks to...
  
  
• Mühlbachl
  Mühlbachl
  Mühlbachl is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located 15 km south of Innsbruck. Mühlbachl extends from the southern slopes of Schönberg im Stubaital along Matreiwald to Steinach . Rumor has it that the location was already founded 3000 years ago. It has 1349 inhabitants and the...
  
  
• Mutters
  Mutters
  Mutters is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land district and is located south of Innsbruck. The village was first mentioned in 1100 but settlement already began app. 3000 years ago. Mutters received connection with Innsbruck thanks to the Stubaitalbahn in 1904. It has 2000 inhabitants and six...
  
  
• Natters
  Natters
  Natters is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located 3.50 km south of Innsbruck. The village was mentioned in documents around 1151 for the first time. Natters as well as Mutters received connection with Innsbruck thanks to the Stubaitalbahn in 1904. It has 1918 inhabitants and...
  
  
• Navis
  Navis
  Navis is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land and is located 19 km southeast of Innsbruck in a valley with the same name which is a side valley of the Wipptal. The extensive territory of this municipality runs from the Sill up to the 2,359 m high Klammjoch saddle and the 2,886 m high...
  
  
• Neustift im Stubaital
  Neustift im Stubaital
  Neustift im Stubaital is a municipality in the district Innsbruck-Land. It has an area of and is the 3rd largest municipality of Tyrol in area. Its population is 4,522. It is a major tourist centre, with more than 1 million overnight stays per year.-Geography:Neustift is located 25 kilometres ...
  
  
• Oberhofen im Inntal
  Oberhofen im Inntal
  Oberhofen im Inntal is a municipality in the western district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 21 km west of Innsbruck or 2.60 km east of Telfs. Once a part of Pfaffenhofen it became an own municipality in 1786. The location has 1678 inhabitants....
  
  
• Obernberg am Brenner
  Obernberg am Brenner
  Obernberg am Brenner is a municipality in the southern Innsbruck-Land District, Tirol with a population of 360 , an area of 38,66 square kilometres at an elevation of 1380 metres.-Geography:...
  
  
• Oberperfuss
  Oberperfuss
  Oberperfuss is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land, Austria and is located approximately west of Innsbruck at the entrance of the Sellrain Valley. It was mentioned in documents around 1083 for the first time. It has 2805 inhabitants....
  
  
• Patsch
  Patsch
  Patsch is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 6.70 km south of Innsbruck at the bottom of the Patscherkofel.It is one of the oldest villages in the southern low mountain range around the capital and was mentioned in documents for the first time around 1200 as „Patsche or...
  
  
• Pettnau
  Pettnau
  Pettnau is an elongated municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 16.70 km west of Innsbruck north of the Inn River between Telfs and Zirl. It has seven parts and was founded around 1291. It has 899 inhabitants....
  
  
• Pfaffenhofen
  Pfaffenhofen, Tyrol
  Pfaffenhofen is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 22 km west of Innsbruck and 1.70 km south of Telfs. The village was mentioned in documents in 1197 for the first time.-External links:...
  
  
• Pfons
  Pfons
  Pfons is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 13.70 km south of Innsbruck in the Wipptal at the Sill River. Although it is not exactly clear where the name of the village comes from, the location was first mentioned as “Phunzun” in 1030 and later as “Phanes” in 1177....
  
  
• Polling in Tirol
  Polling in Tirol
  Polling in Tirol is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 17 km west of Innsbruck and 7 km before Telfs. The location was mentioned as “Pollinga” in 763 for the first time. It has 941 inhabitants.-External links:...
  
  
• Ranggen
  Ranggen
  Ranggen is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 12 km west of Innsbruck. The location was mentioned as “Fergen” in 1482 for the first time. Ranggen has 17 parts. It has 954 inhabitants.-External links:...
  
  
• Reith bei Seefeld
  Reith bei Seefeld
  Reith bei Seefeld is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 12.30 km northwest of Innsbruck and 3 km south of Seefeld in Tirol. The village was founded in 1350. At that time stone oil was found and is used for healing purposes until now. It has 1152 inhabitants.-External...
  
  
• Rinn
  Rinn
  Rinn is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 6 km southeast of Innsbruck. The village was mentioned in documents as “Runne” in 1250 for the first time. It has 1623 inhabitants.-External links:...
  
  
• Rum
  Rum, Austria
  Rum is a market town located in Tyrol, Austria, on the eastern border of Innsbruck in the administrative district of Innsbruck-Land....
  
  
• Sankt Sigmund im Sellrain
  Sankt Sigmund im Sellrain
  Sankt Sigmund im Sellrain is a municipality in western Austria, in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located southeast of Innsbruck, in the deepest part of the Sellrain Valley. It has a huge area size and the biggest height, but only a few hundred inhabitants live there. The main source of...
  
  
• Scharnitz
  Scharnitz
  Scharnitz is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 16,40 km north of Innsbruck as well as 9 km above Seefeld in Tirol at the border to Germany. It has one of the biggest area size and possesses 12 parts. The village was founded in the early middle age and was once an...
  
  
• Schmirn
  Schmirn
  Schmirn is a municipality of 890 inhabitants , has an area of 62,7 kmq and an elevation of 1407 m. -Geography:Schmirn is located in the District Innsbruck-Land at 25 km southeast of Innsbruck, situated in the homonymous valley that branches off from Wipptal, at the village of Sankt Jodok until to...
  
  
• Schönberg im Stubaital
  Schönberg im Stubaital
  Schönberg im Stubaital is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 9 km south of Innsbruck at the entrance of the Stubaital. The village was mentioned as “Schönenberge” for the first time in 1180. It has 1002 inhabitants....
  
  
• Seefeld in Tirol
  Seefeld, Tirol
  Seefeld in Tirol is a municipality of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol, located about northwest of Innsbruck. With more than one million overnight stays each year, it is one of the most popular Tyrolean tourist destinations especially for skiing in winter, but also for...
  
  
• Sellrain
  Sellrain
  Sellrain is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 14.40 km southwest of Innsbruck in the Sellrain Valley. It is the main location in the valley with 1,351 inhabitants. The Melach River flows through it. It is a wonderful little village with a close knit community. Most...
  
  
• Sistrans
  Sistrans
  Sistrans is a community in the district of Innsbruck-Land and lies 4km southeast above the capital on the highlands. In the core one can still see rustic character but nowadays the village looks like a big dwelling. The high number of dentists is incident for Sistrans....
  
  
• Steinach am Brenner
  Steinach am Brenner
  Steinach am Brenner is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located south of Innsbruck in the Wipptal at the Sill River. It has 3340 inhabitants.-Geography:...
  
  
• Telfes im Stubai
  Telfes
  Telfes is a village in the district Innsbruck Land in Tyrol, Austria. It is situated in the Stubaital 11 km south of Innsbruck, and has 1473 inhabitants....
  
  
• Telfs
  Telfs
  Telfs is an Austrian market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 27 km west of Innsbruck. It is the third largest location of Tyrol and received its status in 1908. Telfs possesses an own district court. In the last years Telfs has frequently been increasing in the number of...
  
  
• Thaur
  Thaur
  Thaur is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 5 km east of Innsbruck between Rum, Austria and Hall in Tirol. As a matter of fact that Thaur is not far away from the capital it is a popular area of settlement nowadays but the old village core is still intact.Settlement of...
  
  
• Trins
  Trins
  Trins is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 20.30 km south of Innsbruck at the Gschnitz brook. The village was mentioned as “Trunnes” for the first time in 1030. Formerly a part of the village Gschnitz Trins became an own municipality in 1811. It has 1270...
  
  
• Tulfes
  Tulfes
  Tulfes is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 12 km east of Innsbruck and 6 km above Hall in Tirol. The village was mentioned as “tellevo” for the first time in 1240. Main source of income is tourism. Tulfes became a popular area of settlement due to the cities of...
  
  
• Unterperfuss
  Unterperfuss
  Unterperfuss is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 15 km west of Innsbruck and is one of the smallest villages of Tyrol. The area is restricted in the north by the Inn River and in the east by the Melach River. Unterperfuss has many facilities for the horse-riding and...
  
  
• Vals
  Vals, Austria
  Vals is a municipality in the southern Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol with a population of 558 , an area of 48,7 square kilometres.-Geography:...
  
  
• Volders
  Volders
  Volders is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 12 km east of Innsbruck on the southern side of the Inn River. Sights are the Castles Friedberg and Aschach and the church of Saint Carl. At the entrance of the village lies the Volderer See.-External links:* Municipality...
  
  
• Völs
  Völs, Austria
  Völs is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located at the western border of Innsbruck. It was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1188. It received its status in 2001 and has 6537 inhabitants.-External links:...
  
  
• Wattenberg
• Wattens
  Wattens
  Wattens is a market community in Austria which is the home of the Swarovski Kristallwelten, dedicated to the history surrounding the company, the man himself Daniel Swarovski and exhibitions of the crystals.It attracts visitors from the world over....
  
  
• Wildermieming
  Wildermieming
  Wildermieming is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 40 km west of Innsbruck and 4 km west of Telfs. The village was separated from Mieming which belongs to Imst in 1833 and was incorporated into Innsbruck-Land in 1925. It has 831 inhabitants.-External links:...
  
  
• Zirl
  Zirl, Austria
  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" , leading to Seefeld and ultimately to Germany. The location was mentioned in documents in 799 for the first time...