Jenbach is a municipality in the district of

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Etymology

Many inhabitants of Jenbach believe that the name "Jenbach" is derived from "Jenseits des Baches", which means "Beyond the brook", however earlier versions of the name, for instance "Umbach" suggest that it could also be derived from "Um den Bach erum, which means "Around the brook". This is consistent with Jenbach's history as a village built around the Kasbach. The inhabitants of Jenbach are called "Jenbacher". People speaking the

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n dialect tend to pronounce "Jenbach" as "Jembåch".

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities

Buch bei Jenbach, Eben am Achensee,

Stans Stans () is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland. The official language of Stans is German (spoken there in the variety of Swiss Standard German), but the main language is the local variant of Alemannic Swiss German. ...

Wiesing Wiesing is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Wiesing lies in the lower Inn valley north of the Inn at the entrance to the Ziller valley. References Cities and towns in Schwaz District

History

The earliest dwellings in Jenbach date back to the end of the early

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and the early