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| State | Tyrol |
| District | Statutory city |
| Mayor | Hilde Zach |
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| Area | 104. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Austria is a federal republic made up of nine States, known in German as Länder (singular Land) Tyrol ( Tirol) is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. Austria is divided into 84 political districts ( Politische Bezirke ' and 15 Statutarstädte which form their own districts A Statutory city ( Statutarstadt in Austria, or Statutární město in Czech Republic) is a city with its own municipal Law Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgo[[meister]], literally translated meaning master of the town or master of the Fortress Hilde Zach is the mayor of Innsbruck, Austria. She was elected in 2002 by the city council and is the city's first woman mayor Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 91 km² (40. 5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 574 m (1883 ft) |
| Population | 117,916 (01/01/2007) |
| - Density | 1,124 /km² (2,911 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | I |
| Postal codes | 6010-6080 |
| Area code | 0512 |
| Website | www.innsbruck.at |
Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Austrian car number plates are License plates found on Austrian cars Format Postal codes in Austria consist of four digits The first identifies a geographic delivery area within Austria This article details the use of Telephone numbers in Austria. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Tyrol ( Tirol) is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich It is located in the Inn Valley at the junction with the Wipptal (Sill River), which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 km south of Innsbruck. The Inn is a River in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right Tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km The Wipptal (Wipp valley is a valley extending along the Sill River southward from Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, where the Sill meets the larger The Sill is a 35 km long River in Tyrol, Austria. It is one of the larger tributaries of the Inn River in the Austrian Tyrol Brenner Pass ( Italian: Passo del Brennero; German: Brennerpass; Latin: Brennus Mons) is a Mountain pass through Located in the broad valley between high mountains, the Nordkette (Hafelekar, 2,334 m) in the north, Patscherkofel (2,246 m) and Serles (2,718 m) in the south, it is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics. Patscherkofel is a Mountain and Ski area in the Tyrol in western Austria, 7 km (4 mi Serles is an Austrian Mountain, between Stubaital and Wipptal in Tyrol Austria. A winter sport is a Sport commonly played during Winter. As a formal term it refers to a sport played on Snow or Ice, but informally can refer The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated February The word bruck comes from the German word Brücke meaning "bridge" which leads to "the bridge over the Inn". The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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Earliest traces suggest initial inhabitation in the early Stone Age. The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which Humans widely used stone for toolmaking Surviving pre-Roman place names show that the area has been populated continuously. In the fourth century the Romans established the army station Veldidena (the name survives in today's urban district Wilten) at Oenipons (Innsbruck), to protect the economically important commercial road from Verona-Brenner-Augsburg. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. Brenner (Brennero Latin: Brennus) is a town and Comune in the Province of Bolzano-Bozen in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. Connections along this road were interrupted during the Migration Period in the fourth century. The Migration Period, also called Barbarian Invasions, or sometimes Völkerwanderung ( German for "wandering of peoples" is the English name
The first mention of Innsbruck dates back to 1187 (Oeni Pontum or oeni pons which is Latin for bridge (pons) over the Inn (Oenus), which was an important crossing point over the river Inn. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The Inn is a River in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. It is a right Tributary of the Danube and is approximately 500km The city's seal and coat of arms show a bird's-eye view of the Inn bridge, a design used since 1267. The route over the Brenner Pass was then a major transport and communications link between the north and the south, and the easiest route across the Alps. Brenner Pass ( Italian: Passo del Brennero; German: Brennerpass; Latin: Brennus Mons) is a Mountain pass through The revenues generated by serving as a transit station enabled the city to flourish.
Innsbruck became the capital of all Tyrol in 1429 and in the fifteenth century the city became a centre of European politics and culture as emperor Maximilian I moved the imperial court to Innsbruck in the 1490s.
During the Napoleonic wars Tyrol was ceded to Bavaria, ally of France. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Andreas Hofer led a Tyrolean peasant army to victory on the Berg Isel against the combined Bavarian and French forces, and then made Innsbruck the centre of his administration. Andreas Hofer ( November 22, 1767 – February 20 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot. The so called Battles of Bergisel were 4 battles between Napoleon 's and Bavarian forces against Tyrolean militiamen and a few Austrian soldiers at the The combined army later overran the Tyrolean militia army and until 1814 Innsbruck was part of Bavaria. The term militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary Citizens to provide defense emergency law enforcement or Paramilitary service After the Vienna Congress Austrian rule was restored. The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of the major powers of Europe, chaired by the Austrian statesman Clemens Wenzel von Metternich The Tyrolean hero Andreas Hofer was executed in Mantua; his remains were returned to Innsbruck in 1823 and interred in the Franciscan church. Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
In 1938 Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in the Anschluss. Innsbruck, an Austrian city was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi Between 1943 and April 1945, Innsbruck experienced twenty-one bomb attacks and suffered heavy damage. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The aerial bombing of cities began in 1911 developed through World War I, grew to a vast scale in World War II, and continues to the present day The KZ Innsbruck-Reichenau concentration camp was located here. Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial [1]
In 1929, here in Innsbruck the first official Austrian Chess Championship was held. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Unofficial Championships Official Championships) Erich Eliskases won two matches for the title against Rudolf Spielmann The winners were Erich Eliskases, Eduard Glass. Erich Gottlieb Eliskases ( February 15, 1913 - February 2, 1997) was a leading Chess player, a Grandmaster, of the
A majority of Innsbruck's people are of Tyrolean ancestry. Tyrol is a region in Western Central Europe, which included the present day Austrian state of Tyrol (consisting of North Tyrol and East
However, as with many European cities, there are small yet thriving minorities that co-exist with the European majority. These include Turkish, North Africans, Indians, Roma, and even Chinese and Nepali. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. Many of aspects of their culture can be found throughout the city, such as markets, restaurants, and shops; some even still speak their traditional language in everyday life. They, too, have had a lasting effect on the city of Innsbruck.
| Year | 1900 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2007 |
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| Population[2] | 49,727 | 95,055 | 100,959 | 116,104 | 117,287 | 118,112 | 113,392 | 117,916 |
Due to its altitude and position in Central Europe, far from the coast, Innsbruck has an hemiboreal climate (Köppen classification : Dfb). Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Hemiboreal means halfway between the temperate and subarctic (or Boreal) zones The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems It was developed by Wladimir Köppen, a German climatologist Winter is cold - colder than those of most major European cities -, and snowy. Winter nights can get frigid, occasionally dropping to -12°C.
Spring is brief; days start to get warm, often over 15°C, but nights remain cool or even freezing.
Summer is highly variable and unpredictable. Days can be cool (17°C) and rainy, or sunny and extremely hot, sometimes hitting 34°C. In summer, as expected from an alpine climate, the diurnal temperature variation is often very high as nights always remain cool (12°C on average, but sometimes dipping as low as 6°C). Diurnal temperature variation is a Meteorological term that relates to the variation in Temperature that occurs from the highs of the Day to the cool of
The average annual temperature is 9°C.
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| Mean daily maximum temperature (°C) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 14. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. 3 | |
| Mean daily minimum temperature (°C) | -7 | -4 | -1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 3. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. 8 | |
| Mean monthly rainfall (mm) | 53 | 40 | 42 | 57 | 75 | 104 | 121 | 116 | 77 | 61 | 57 | 53 | ||
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As a very popular tourist destination, Innsbruck organizes the following events every year:
Due to its location between high mountains, Innsbruck serves as an ideal place for skiing in winter, and mountaineering in summer. The Hofkirche (Court Church Innsbruck, Austria, is a Gothic church built 1553&ndash1563 by Ferdinand I as a memorial to his grandfather The Botanischer Garten der Universität Innsbruck (2 hectares is a Botanical garden operated by the University of Innsbruck. University of Innsbruck (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck has been a University in Austria since 1669 Botanical gardens grow a wide variety of Plants primarily to categorize and document for scientific purposes A tourist destination is a city town or other area that is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from Tourism. The Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment “Alpinist” redirects here See also Alpinist (magazine Mountaineering is the Sport, Hobby or Profession of There are several ski resorts around Innsbruck with the Nordkette served by a cable car and additional chair lifts further up. A ski area is a developed recreational facility usually on a Mountain or large Hill, containing ski trails and vital supporting services Other ski resorts nearby include Axamer Lizum, Igls, Seefeld, Tulfes and Stubai Valley. Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. 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 glaciated terrain in the latter makes skiing possible even in summer months.
The Olympic Winter Games were held in Innsbruck twice, first in 1964, then again in 1976, when the Denver, Colorado voters rejected a bond referendum to finance the games. The Winter Olympic Games are a winter Multi-sport event held every four years The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated February The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States Along with St. Moritz, Switzerland and Lake Placid, New York in the United States, it is one of three places which have twice hosted the Winter Games. St Moritz ( German: Sankt Moritz, Romansh: San Murezzan) is an exclusive resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Lake Placid is a Village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It also hosted the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games were the third winter Paralympics and they were held from 14 to 20 January 1984 in Innsbruck, Medal Tally See also 1988 Winter Olympics It is now bidding for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics is a youth sports festival to be celebrated in early 2012 in accordance with the International Olympic Committee as a new program to encourage
Other notable events held in Innsbruck include the Air & Style Snowboard Contest from 1994 to 1999 and 2008 and the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2005. The Air & Style is a European Snowboard contest first held in Innsbruck, Austria in 1994 and now held annually The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Together with the city of Seefeld, Innsbruck organized the Winter Universiade in 2005. The Universiade is an International Multi-sport event, organized for University athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU Innsbruck's Bergiselschanze is one of the hills of the famous Four Hills Tournament. The Bergiselschanze is a Ski jumping hill located in Bergisel in Innsbruck, Austria. The Four Hills Tournament (Vierschanzentournee is composed of four Ski Jumping World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each
Innsbruck is home to the football club FC Wacker Innsbruck, which will play in the Austrian Football First League (second tier) in 2008-09. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered FC Wacker Innsbruck is an Austrian football club from Innsbruck. The Austrian Football First League ( Erste Liga) is the second highest professional division in Austrian football FC Wacker Innsbruck's stadium, Tivoli Neu, is one of eight stadiums hosting Euro 2008 which is taking place in Switzerland and Austria in June 2008. is a multi-use Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Wacker Tirol The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation
Innsbruck is the cultural and economic center of western Austria and is one of the most famous and substantial tourist centres, with more than a million overnight stays. Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich It is also a university city.
In Innsbruck there are some 78,000 employees and about 8,000 places of work. 35,000 people shuttle every day into Innsbruck.
Tourism is the most important source of income for the city authority, largely because of Innsbruck's beautiful town centre with its historic buildings, the friendly ambience and the extensive sport facilities both in winter and in summer. Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel
Innsbruck is located along the A12/A13 corridor, providing freeway access to Verona, Italy and Munich, Germany. Verona is a city and provincial capital in Veneto, Northern Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The A12 and A13 converge near Innsbruck, at which point the A13 terminates.
Innsbruck's main station is one of the most frequented railway stations in Austria. The Austrian east-west railway crosses the south-west route through the Brenner pass, connecting northern Italy and southern Germany. Brenner Pass ( Italian: Passo del Brennero; German: Brennerpass; Latin: Brennus Mons) is a Mountain pass through
Innsbruck Airport provides services including Frankfurt, London, and Vienna. Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport is the largest airport in Tyrol in Western Austria.
The town's metre gauge tram-network consists of two city-lines and two lines serving the surrounding area — the Innsbrucker Mittelgebirgsbahn to Igls and the Stubaitalbahn into the Stubaital until Fulpmes. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. The Stubaital is an alpine valley in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Fulpmes is a town in Tyrolese Stubaital, Austria, with a population of approximately 4000 (it is estimated that 700 of these are not of Austrian nationality The network will be enlarged during the coming years to reach Hall in Tirol in the east and Völs in the west. Hall in Tirol is a city in Tyrol, Austria. It is situated 10 km east of Innsbruck in the Innsbruck-Land district at, with a population of The trolleybus service will be abandoned as the tram network is enlarged. Numerous bus lines serve the inner city and transport to surrounding areas. At the end of 2007, the Hungerburgbahn — a funicular service to the district of Hungerburg — has been inaugurated. Hungerburgbahn is a hybrid Funicular railway in Innsbruck, Austria, opened for public on 1st of December 2007 A funicular, also known as a funicular railway, incline, inclined railway, inclined plane, or cliff railway, is a type of self-contained
Innsbruck is home to the oldest grammar school (Gymnasium) in western Austria, the "Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck". A gymnasium (pronounced with ɡ- in several languages is a type of school providing Secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar The Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck is a grammar school in Innsbruck, founded in 1562 by the Jesuits in the course of the Counter-reformation. The school was founded in 1562 by the Jesuit order and was the precursor of the university, founded in 1669. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order
Innsbruck hosts several universities. The most well-known are the University of Innsbruck (Leopold-Franzens-Universität), the Innsbruck Medical University, and the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI). University of Innsbruck (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck has been a University in Austria since 1669 The Innsbruck Medical University (in German Medizinische Universität Innsbruck) is a University in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
The results of the 2006 local elections were:
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Panoramic view to west.
Innsbruck is twinned with:
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