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Brandenberg (Tirol)
Brandenberg is a municipality in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the district Kufstein. It consists of the ''Brandenberg'' village and the ''Aschau'' locality (German: ''Ortsteil''). Brandenberg was first mentioned in 1140, and became an independent municipality in the beginning of the 19th century. The municipality is located in the valley of the Brandenberger Ache river, a tributary of the Inn River. To the north, it shares a border with Germany. Neighbouring Austrian and German municipalities are Achenkirch, Breitenbach am Inn, Kramsach, Kreuth, Rottach-Egern, Steinberg am Rofan, and Thiersee Thiersee is a large municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km west of Kufstein, below the northern border with Bavaria, Germany. Geography The municipality is embedded in a hilly landscape with many .... A local specialty is the '' Prügeltorte'' cake. References External links Website of the Brandenberg Tourist Board Cities and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandenburg
Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of German states by area, fifth-largest German state by area and the List of German states by population, tenth-most populous, with 2.5 million residents. Potsdam is the state capital and largest city. Other major towns are Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel and Frankfurt (Oder). Brandenburg surrounds the national capital and city-state of Berlin. Together they form the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, the third-largest Metropolitan regions in Germany, metropolitan area in Germany. There was Fusion of Berlin and Brandenburg#1996 fusion attempt, an unsuccessful attempt to unify both states in 1996, however the states still cooperate on many matters. Brandenburg originated in the Northern March in the 900s AD, from areas conquered from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special district (United States), special-purpose district. The English language, English word is derived from French language, French , which in turn derives from the Latin language, Latin , based on the word for social contract (), referring originally to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction (area), jurisdiction, from a sovereign state s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiersee
Thiersee is a large municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km west of Kufstein, below the northern border with Bavaria, Germany. Geography The municipality is embedded in a hilly landscape with many forets and streams Entities (Ortschaften) are (in brackets: inhabitants as of January 2023): * Almen (0) * Hinterthiersee (523), also a village * Landl (494), also a village * Mitterland (573) * Schmiedtal (201) * Vorderthiersee (1371), also a village The village Thiersee was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1224 and belonged to Bavaria until 1504. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was a peasant community without concerning traffic engineering. A street from Kufstein to Thiersee was built during World War I. From 1946 to 1952, the village was center of the Austrian film production. Main sources of income at present are agriculture, passion play The Passion Play or Easter pageant is a dramatic Play (theatre), presen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinberg Am Rofan
Steinberg am Rofan is a municipality and a small village in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The main economic factors are tourism and agriculture. As of 2022, the municipality had 288 inhabitants plus tourists. ... "am Rofan" refers to Rofangebirge (part of Brandenberg Alps The Brandenberg Alps () are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bavarian Prealps. ...) which is nearby. References Cities and towns in Schwaz District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottach-Egern
Rottach-Egern () is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality (''Gemeinde Rottach-Egern am Tegernsee'') and town located at Tegernsee (lake), Lake Tegernsee in the district of Miesbach (district), Miesbach in Upper Bavaria, Germany, about 55 km (35 miles) south of central Munich. Late Austrian actor Walter Slezak is buried in this area. Geography Rottach-Egern is located in the Tegernsee Valley, stretching southward from the shore of Tegernsee (lake), Lake Tegernsee to the Austrian border. The villages of Rottach, Egern, Gasse, Schorn, Sonnenmoos, Staudach, Weißach and Wolfsgrub have merged to become parts of a single settlement near the lake. More hamlets in the municipality are Berg, Ellmau, Hagrain, Haslau, Kalkofen, Oberach, Sutten and Trinis, Brandstatt, Enterrottach, Erlach, Kühzagl and Unterwallberg. In addition to the shoreline of the Tegernsee, the municipal area includes other small lakes of which Widrigsee (also Glocknersee), the Suttensee, the Riederecksee and Röth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreuth
Kreuth is a municipality and a village in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. Schloss Ringberg The castle Ringberg is the latest of all the many castles and palaces built by the Bavarian royal family, the House of Wittelsbach, over 800 years. It was only built after the German Revolution of 1918–1919 during the middle and second half of the 20th century by Luitpold Emanuel Ludwig Maria, Duke in Bavaria (1890-1973), and actually never completely finished nor ever lived in. The duke himself donated it to the Max Planck Society in 1973. Wildbad Kreuth The springs, sulphurous sources, were first mentioned in 1490. The first bath house was built in 1511 by Abbot Henry V. of Tegernsee. In 1818 the bath came into the possession of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, together with Tegernsee Abbey, who had new bath houses built that are still used today, named Wildbad Kreuth ("Wild Bath Kreuth" or "Deer Bath Kreuth"), with a reference to the hunting opportunities. Spa guest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kramsach
Kramsach is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 27 km southwest of Kufstein and 16.5 km west of Wörgl, at the northern side of the Inn River. Its main sources of income are the marble, timber and glass Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline solid, non-crystalline) solid. Because it is often transparency and translucency, transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in window pane ... industries, as well as summer tourism. Kramsach is also known as the "Lake village of Tyrol" because there are six lakes nearby. References External linksWebsite of Kramsach Cities and towns in Kufstein District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breitenbach Am Inn
Breitenbach am Inn (Central Bavarian: ''Broadnbåch am Inn'') is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5.5 km west of Wörgl and 19 km southwest of Kufstein Kufstein (; ) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 20,000 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The greatest landmark is Kufstein For .... The village has five parts and received new parts and house numbers in 2006. It was founded in the middle of the 19th century. The lake Berglsteiner See is located in the municipality of Breitenbach am Inn. History Shortly before 800 AD Breitenbach has been mentioned as "Mensalpfarre" for the monk's cell in Kufstein, the parish church of St. Peter is one of the oldest churches in Tyrol. Breitenbach is one of three Freising's "Urpfarren" in Tyrol. Breitenbach occurs relatively late on documents, for the first time in 115 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achenkirch
Achenkirch is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f .... It is located at the northern end of Lake Achensee. References External links * Cities and towns in Schwaz District {{Tyrol-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inn River
The Inn (; ; ) is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. The long river is a right tributary of the Danube, being the third largest tributary of the Danube by discharge. The highest point of its drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina at . The Engadine, the valley of the En, is the only Swiss valley whose waters end up in the Black Sea (via the Danube). Etymology The name Inn is derived from the old Celtic words ''en'' and '' enios'', meaning ''water''. In a document of 1338, the river was named ''Wasser'' (German for water). The first written mention from the years 105 to 109 (Publii Corneli Taciti historiarium liber tertius) reads: "''... Sextilius Felix... ad occupandam ripam Aeni fluminis, quod Raetos Noricosque interfluit, missus...''" ("... Sextilius Felix was sent to capture the banks of the Inn, which flows between the Rhaetian people and the Noric people.") The river is also mentioned by other authors of the Roman Empire as ''Ainos'' (Greek) or ''Aenus'' (La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandenberger Ache
The Brandenberger Ache is a river of Bavaria, Germany, and of the Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria. It is a long left tributary of the Inn. It starts as the outflow of the Spitzingsee in southern Bavaria, and flows from north to south to the town of Rattenberg Rattenberg () is a City on the Inn River in the Austrian state of Tyrol near Rattenberg mountain and Innsbruck. With just 400 inhabitants and a surface area of 10 ha, it is the smallest city in the country. Geography The proximity of a mountain ... where it merges with the Inn. References Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of Tyrol (federal state) Brandenberg Alps Rivers of Austria Rivers of Germany International rivers of Europe {{Bavaria-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
