Schwaz ( German pronunciation: [ˈʃvaːts] ) is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol . It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley.
4-637: Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch and Eiblschrofen mountains. It is located approximately 30 km (19 mi) east of Innsbruck . The city covers an area of 20.17 km (7.79 sq mi). Neighbouring communities include: Buch bei Jenbach , Fügenberg , Gallzein , Pill , Stans , and Vomp . Schwaz has been firstly mentioned as „Sûates“ in deed dating back to 930–1. The Counts of Tyrol guarded Schwaz from nearby Burg Freundsberg . At
8-598: Is twinned with: This Tyrol location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lower Inn Valley The Lower Inn Valley ( German : Unterinntal ) is that part of the Inntal valley through which the Inn river flows from a point a few kilometres west of Innsbruck near its confluence with the Melach downstream to a few kilometres before Rosenheim . A further distinction can be made between
12-932: The Tyrolean Lower Inn Valley ( Tiroler Unterinntal ) (as far as Kufstein ) and the Bavarian Lower Inn Valley (from Kiefersfelden ). The Lower Inn Valley should not be confused with the Tyrolean Unterland , of which it forms only a part. The Lower Inn Valley has one of the largest metropolitan areas in Austria. Around 380,000 people (2001) live in a relatively small area between Innsbruck and Rosenheim. The highest population densities, in terms of people per square kilometre, occur in Innsbruck (3,149), Rum (2,982), Kufstein (2,374), Hall i.T.(2,210) and Rosenheim (1,977). Unlike
16-741: The town's height during the 15th and 16th centuries, it was an important silver mining center, providing mineral wealth for both the Fugger banking family and, through them, for the Austrian emperors. During this period, its population of about 20,000 inhabitants made it the second largest city in the Austrian Empire , after Vienna . Schwaz received its city rights in 1898 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria . Three large industrial companies have their headquarters in Schwaz: Schwaz
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