Schwaz

Schwaz

Coat of arms
Schwaz

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°21′00″N 11°42′00″E / 47.35000°N 11.70000°E / 47.35000; 11.70000Coordinates: 47°21′00″N 11°42′00″E / 47.35000°N 11.70000°E / 47.35000; 11.70000
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Schwaz
Government
  Mayor Hans Lintner (ÖVP)
Area
  Total 20.17 km2 (7.79 sq mi)
Elevation 545 m (1,788 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)[1]
  Total 13,444
  Density 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6130
Area code 05242
Vehicle registration SZ
Website www.schwaz.at

Schwaz (German: [ˈʃvaːts]) is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley.

Location

Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch and Eiblschrofen mountains. It is located approximately 30 km (19 mi) east of Innsbruck.

The city covers an area of 20.17 km2 (7.79 sq mi).

Neighbouring communities include: Buch bei Jenbach, Fügenberg, Gallzein, Pill, Stans, and Vomp.

History

The Counts of Tyrol guarded Schwaz from nearby Burg Freundsberg. At the town's height during the 15th and 16th centuries, it was an important silver mining center, providing mineral wealth for both the Fugger banking family and, through them, for the Austrian emperors. During this period, its population of about 20,000 inhabitants made it the second largest city in the Austrian Empire, after Vienna.[2]

Schwaz received its city rights in 1898 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18694,813    
18805,124+6.5%
18905,888+14.9%
19006,545+11.2%
19107,385+12.8%
19237,033−4.8%
19347,738+10.0%
19397,523−2.8%
19518,898+18.3%
19619,455+6.3%
197110,298+8.9%
198110,929+6.1%
199111,839+8.3%
200112,212+3.2%
201111,994−1.8%

Personalities

Schwaz is the birthplace of 16th-century pulpit orator Georg Scherer and 20th-century philosopher Hans Köchler.

Economy

Three large industrial companies have their headquarters in Schwaz:

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Schwaz is twinned with:

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Schwaz.
  2. Chizzali. Tyrol: Impressions of Tyrol. (Innsbruck: Alpina Printers and Publishers), p. 28


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