Navis is a municipality in the district
Innsbruck-Land
The Bezirk Innsbruck-Land is an administrative district (''Bezirk'') in Tyrol, Austria. It encloses the Statutarstadt Innsbruck, and borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the district Schwaz in the east, South Tyrol in Italy to the south, and th ...
in the
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n 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 ...
located 19 km southeast of
Innsbruck
Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...
in a valley with the same name which is a side valley of the
Wipptal
The Wipp Valley () is an Alpine valley in Tyrol, Austria and in South Tyrol, Italy, running between Innsbruck and Franzensfeste. The Brenner Pass (1,374 m) at the Austro-Italian border divides it into the northern, Austrian Lower Wipp Valley (' ...
. The extensive territory of this municipality runs from the Sill up to the 2,359 m high Klammjoch saddle and the 2,886 m high
Lizumer Reckner
The Lizumer Reckner is, at ,Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen: Österreichische Karte 1:50.000AMAP Online accessed on 13 April 2011 the highest mountain in the Tux Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Location and area
The Lizumer Reck ...
in the
Tux Alps
The Tux Alps () or Tux Prealps (''Tuxer Voralpen'') are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. The Tux Al ...
. The village is provided with fresh drinking water thanks to the clean
Navisbach
The Navisbach is a small river of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria.
The Navisbach flows through the (Navis valley). Its route follows western direction until north of Steinach am Brenner where it merges with the Sill (river), Sill. The Navisbach p ...
. The origin of the village name is unknown but settlement began at the end of the 13th century. Copper and silver were found in the 15th and 16th century.
Population
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Cities and towns in Innsbruck-Land District
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