Kundl is a

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in the

Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The grea ...

district in the

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n state of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

Geography

Kundl is situated 7.70 km west of

Wörgl Wörgl () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, in the Kufstein district. It is from the international border with Bavaria, Germany. Population Transport Wörgl is an important railway junction between the line from Innsbruck to Munich, an ...

as well as 18.30 km southwest of

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).

Neighbouring municipalities

Breitenbach am Inn, Radfeld,

Wildschönau Wildschönau is a municipality within the district of Kufstein in the state of Tyrol 6 km south of Wörgl. The 24 km long high valley near Wörgl is one of the district's tourist centers. Besides a few hamlets, the municipality consists ...

History

Eastward of Kundl some cremation graves with other remains were found which dated from the

La Tène Culture The La Tène culture (; ) was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any defi ...

and are now publicly exhibited in the Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck. Kundl was first mentioned in a directory by bishop

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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 A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of bee ...

which produced the ''Kundler Bier''. This brewery was converted into a pharmaceutical plant, the ''Biochemie Kundl'', in 1946 nowadays

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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

(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.

Population

Miscellaneous

*During the Second World War, the bronze statues of the emperor Maximilian I, which are now on display at the

Hofkirche, Innsbruck The Hofkirche (Court Church) is a Gothic church located in the Altstadt (Old Town) section of Innsbruck, Austria. The church was built in 1553 by Emperor Ferdinand I (1503–1564) as a memorial to his grandfather Emperor Maximilian I (1459–15 ...

, were kept in a cave in Kundl. *In 1951 the two chemists Hans Margreiter and Ernst Brandl developed

Penicillin V Phenoxymethylpenicillin, also known as penicillin V (PcV) and penicillin VK, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. Specifically it is used for the treatment of strep throat, otitis media, and cellulitis. ...

in Kundl and from this time on the drug could be administered orally.

Gallery

File:Kundl, Katholische Pfarrkriche Mariä Himmelfahrt Dm123449 foto2 2012-08-08 17.37.jpg, Kundl, church: Katholische Pfarrkriche Mariä Himmelfahrt Image:Stleonhard.JPG, Church of St. Leonhard. File:Kundl, de Inn vanaf de brug foto3 2012-08-09 09.43.jpg, Kundl, river (der

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommo ...

) from the bridge

References

External links

Website of Kundl

Cities and towns in Kufstein District {{Tyrol-geo-stub