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Landeck () is a town, city in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck District, Landeck.
In Ancient Rome, ancient times, the ''Via Claudia Augusta'' ran across the Reschen Pass and through the Inn Valley Landeck, connecting the Roman ''Italy (Roman Empire), Italia'' peninsula with the ''Raetia'' province conquered in 15 BC. Throughout the Middle Ages the valley remained an important junction of trade routes leading to Augsburg via the Fern Pass and westwards across the Arlberg. From the late 13th century onwards the Meinhardiner counts of County of Tyrol, Tyrol controlled the area from their stronghold at Landeck Castle.
Until 1867 Landeck (then spelled ''Landek'') formed part of the Habsburg monarchy (Austrian Empire from 1804), except for a short period during the Napoleonic wars (1806-1814) when it was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria along with the rest of Tyrol. From 1867 (following the compromise of 1867) it formed part of the Cisleithanian (Austrian) part of Austria-Hungary; the spelling was also changed to ''Landeck'' in that year. After 1893 the name was officially changed again to ''Landeck in Tirol''. Throughout these periods it was the capital of the district of the same name, one of the 21 ' in the County of Tyrol, Tyrol province.Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
From 1782 a first pass road was built across the Arlberg at the behest of Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II; it was significantly enlarged until 1824. Landeck received access to the Arlberg railway in 1883. In 1904 it was elevated to the status of a market town, and finally was granted town privileges in 1923.
Landeck was also used as a military base for Austrian mountain troops before the second world war, later, they became a unit of the German Wehrmacht.
During the Austrian ''Anschluss'' to Nazi Germany, Landeck was merged with neighboring Zams in 1939; however, both municipalities again split after World War II. Landeck was also the site of a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, UNRRA displaced person camp in the French sector of Allied-occupied Austria.
alte 1939 und 1940 agfacolor farbdias aus Landeck. (vintage color slides)
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Landeck District Lechtal Alps Landeck District Populated places on the Inn (river)
Geography
Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about . The town is situated in the valley of the Inn (river), Inn River at the confluence with the Sanna (Inn), Sanna tributary, between the Lechtal Alps, part of the Northern Limestone Alps in the north, and the Ötztal Alps and Samnaun Alps ranges of the Central Eastern Alps in the south. The Inn valley is an important transport route from Tyrol to the west across the Arlberg massif. In the south, the Reschen Pass at the main chain of the Alps leads to the Vinschgau region in Italian South Tyrol.Climate
History
In Ancient Rome, ancient times, the ''Via Claudia Augusta'' ran across the Reschen Pass and through the Inn Valley Landeck, connecting the Roman ''Italy (Roman Empire), Italia'' peninsula with the ''Raetia'' province conquered in 15 BC. Throughout the Middle Ages the valley remained an important junction of trade routes leading to Augsburg via the Fern Pass and westwards across the Arlberg. From the late 13th century onwards the Meinhardiner counts of County of Tyrol, Tyrol controlled the area from their stronghold at Landeck Castle.
Until 1867 Landeck (then spelled ''Landek'') formed part of the Habsburg monarchy (Austrian Empire from 1804), except for a short period during the Napoleonic wars (1806-1814) when it was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria along with the rest of Tyrol. From 1867 (following the compromise of 1867) it formed part of the Cisleithanian (Austrian) part of Austria-Hungary; the spelling was also changed to ''Landeck'' in that year. After 1893 the name was officially changed again to ''Landeck in Tirol''. Throughout these periods it was the capital of the district of the same name, one of the 21 ' in the County of Tyrol, Tyrol province.Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
From 1782 a first pass road was built across the Arlberg at the behest of Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II; it was significantly enlarged until 1824. Landeck received access to the Arlberg railway in 1883. In 1904 it was elevated to the status of a market town, and finally was granted town privileges in 1923.
Landeck was also used as a military base for Austrian mountain troops before the second world war, later, they became a unit of the German Wehrmacht.
During the Austrian ''Anschluss'' to Nazi Germany, Landeck was merged with neighboring Zams in 1939; however, both municipalities again split after World War II. Landeck was also the site of a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, UNRRA displaced person camp in the French sector of Allied-occupied Austria.
Population
Personalities
* Raoul Schrott (born 1964), author * Anna Schuppe (1829-1903), author and composerTransport
Landeck-Zams railway station, Landeck-Zams station is an important hub for regional coach lines as well as a noteworthy stop for international trains on the Arlberg railway from the Tyrolean capital Innsbruck via the Arlberg Railway Tunnel to Bludenz in Vorarlberg. Landeck is also the terminus of the parallel Inn Valley Autobahn, which continues as ''S 16 Schnellstraße'' to the Arlberg Road Tunnel in the west.References
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alte 1939 und 1940 agfacolor farbdias aus Landeck. (vintage color slides)
{{Authority control Cities and towns in Landeck District Lechtal Alps Landeck District Populated places on the Inn (river)