Kundl
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Kundl is a market town
in the Kufstein
district of Austria
and has 3955 inhabitants.
as well as 18.30 km Southwest of Kufstein
at the Southern side of the Inn River
and is made up of 4 parts, namely Kundl, Liesfeld (in the North), Saulueg (in the South) and St. Leonhard (in the West).
and are now publicly exhibited in the Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck.
Kundl was first mentioned in a directory by bishop Arno of Salzburg in 788 under the name ad Quantalas, which means at the white river. This should also be the origin of the current name of the market town. In 1213 the noble line of the Kummersbrucker resided in the fortress of Kundl, of which nowadays only the ruins remain. In the 15th and 16th century the mining gained importance and some current street names (e.g. Hüttstraße, Schieferrollstraße) still bear evidence of that.
In 1658 Bartlmä Plank founded a brewery
which produced the Kundler Bier. This brewery was converted into a pharmaceutical plant, the Biochemie Kundl, in 1946.
(former: Biochemie), the tractor factory Lindner and the timber factory Pfeifer.
In the summer a lot of tourists visit Kundl and stroll through the picturesque gorge of Kundl, in German called Kundler Klamm, which connects Kundl with the valley of Wildschoenau.
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
in the Kufstein
Kufstein (district)
The Bezirk Kufstein is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders Bavaria in the north, the Kitzbühel district in the southeast, and the Schwaz district in the southwest....
district of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and has 3955 inhabitants.
Geography
Kundl is situated 7.70 km West of WörglWörgl
Wörgl is a town in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kufstein district. It is 20 km from the state border with Bavaria.-Transport:Wörgl is an important railway junction between the line from Innsbruck to Munich, and the inner-Austrian line to Salzburg...
as well as 18.30 km Southwest of Kufstein
Kufstein
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.Kufstein is the second largest city...
at the Southern side of the Inn River
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 :...
and is made up of 4 parts, namely Kundl, Liesfeld (in the North), Saulueg (in the South) and St. Leonhard (in the West).
History
Eastward of Kundl some cremation graves with other remains were found which dated from the La Tène CultureLa Tène culture
The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, where a rich cache of artifacts was discovered by Hansli Kopp in 1857....
and are now publicly exhibited in the Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck.
Kundl was first mentioned in a directory by bishop Arno of Salzburg in 788 under the name ad Quantalas, which means at the white river. This should also be the origin of the current name of the market town. In 1213 the noble line of the Kummersbrucker resided in the fortress of Kundl, of which nowadays only the ruins remain. In the 15th and 16th century the mining gained importance and some current street names (e.g. Hüttstraße, Schieferrollstraße) still bear evidence of that.
In 1658 Bartlmä Plank founded a brewery
Brewery
A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. A company which makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company....
which produced the Kundler Bier. This brewery was converted into a pharmaceutical plant, the Biochemie Kundl, in 1946.
Nowadays
Due to the settlements of several companies in the 1950s, the village became a commuter community. The most well- known companies in Kundl are probably the pharmaceutical company SandozSandoz
Founded in 2003, Sandoz presently is the generic drug subsidiary of Novartis, a multinational pharmaceutical company. The company develops, manufactures and markets generic drugs as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnological active ingredients....
(former: Biochemie), the tractor factory Lindner and the timber factory Pfeifer.
In the summer a lot of tourists visit Kundl and stroll through the picturesque gorge of Kundl, in German called Kundler Klamm, which connects Kundl with the valley of Wildschoenau.
Miscellaneous
- During the Second World War, the bronze statues of the emperor Maximilian IMaximilian I, Holy Roman EmperorMaximilian I , the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleanor of Portugal, was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never in fact crowned by the Pope, the journey to Rome always being too risky...
, which are now on display at the Hofkirche, InnsbruckHofkirche, InnsbruckThe Hofkirche Innsbruck, Austria, is a Gothic church built 1553–1563 by Ferdinand I as a memorial to his grandfather Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor , whose cenotaph within boasts a remarkable collection of German Renaissance sculpture...
, were kept in a cave in Kundl. - In 1951 the two chemists Hans Margreiter and Ernst Brandl developed Penicillin V in Kundl and from this time on the drug could be administered orally.