Pflach is a municipality in the district of
Reutte in the
Austria
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n state of
Tyrol
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. It is 3 km north of the centre of
Reutte town, and 2.5 km south of the German border.
Geography
The municipality of Pflach is located in the Reutte Basin and covers an area of around fourteen square kilometers. From the
Lech River, at an altitude of 840 meters above sea level, the forested terrain rises westward to 1,500 meters and eastward to over 2,048 meters at the
Säuling. More than seventy percent of the area is forested, and thirteen percent is used for agriculture.
[Dietrich Helmcke, Mathias Röhring: ''Bericht 1998 über geologische Aufnahmen in den Nördlichen Kalkalpen auf Blatt 115 Reutte.'' In: Jahrbuch der geologischen Bundesanstalt, Band 142 (2000), S. 28]
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Pflach is a Reihendorf about 2 km north of Reutte. This commuter municipality has undergone both expansion and densification of its residential areas.
References
Cities and towns in Reutte District
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