Weißenbach am Lech
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Weißenbach am Lech is a municipality in the Austria
n district of Reutte
, Tyrol.
Weissenbach is a long stretched village in the 'Nature Park Tyrolean Lech'. Here the river Lech has a very wide and mainly untouched river bed, where many rare plants, insects and birds live. Through the center of Weissenbach flows the Weissenbach river, which gave the village its name (in English: 'white river'). The Weissenbach river discharges into the Lech river from the north. Almost exactly on the other side, from the south, the Rot Lech river discharges into the Lech river after passing some spectacular and deep canyons.
As latest discoveries seem to prove (investigations at the University of Innsbruck are still going on), people lived in Weissenbach since the early stone ages. Also Roman skeletons were found in Weissenbach in 1948. The Romans used to have an important salt trading route from Hall in Tirol
to the Lake Constance
, which mainly was used until the train was built through the Arlberg in the early 20th century. Many parts of the road are still in good order but were not used for karts or horses for many decades. The fact, that Weissenbach is located at the foot of the steep Gaicht pass road and extra horses were needed for the karts made Weissenbach a pulsating center over the centuries. But this source of income stopped rapidly when the train over the Arlberg ranges was built.
Many people which live in Weissenbach work in the nearby municipal city Reutte. Tourism still plays a role in the local economy, but also service and a handful some small industrial companies.
In 2008 the renovation of the Gothic built, but late Romanic furnished church was finished.
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...
n district of Reutte
Reutte (district)
- Administrative divisions :The 37 municipalities of the district:* Bach* Berwang* Biberwier* Bichlbach* Breitenwang* Ehenbichl* Ehrwald* Elbigenalp* Elmen* Forchach* Grän* Gramais* Häselgehr* Heiterwang* Hinterhornbach* Höfen* Holzgau* Jungholz...
, Tyrol.
Weissenbach is a long stretched village in the 'Nature Park Tyrolean Lech'. Here the river Lech has a very wide and mainly untouched river bed, where many rare plants, insects and birds live. Through the center of Weissenbach flows the Weissenbach river, which gave the village its name (in English: 'white river'). The Weissenbach river discharges into the Lech river from the north. Almost exactly on the other side, from the south, the Rot Lech river discharges into the Lech river after passing some spectacular and deep canyons.
As latest discoveries seem to prove (investigations at the University of Innsbruck are still going on), people lived in Weissenbach since the early stone ages. Also Roman skeletons were found in Weissenbach in 1948. The Romans used to have an important salt trading route from 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:...
to the Lake Constance
Lake Constance
Lake Constance is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps, and consists of three bodies of water: the Obersee , the Untersee , and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps...
, which mainly was used until the train was built through the Arlberg in the early 20th century. Many parts of the road are still in good order but were not used for karts or horses for many decades. The fact, that Weissenbach is located at the foot of the steep Gaicht pass road and extra horses were needed for the karts made Weissenbach a pulsating center over the centuries. But this source of income stopped rapidly when the train over the Arlberg ranges was built.
Many people which live in Weissenbach work in the nearby municipal city Reutte. Tourism still plays a role in the local economy, but also service and a handful some small industrial companies.
In 2008 the renovation of the Gothic built, but late Romanic furnished church was finished.