The Tyrol S-Bahn , operated by ÖBB , provides regional rail services in metropolitan Innsbruck , Austria and its hinterlands in the state of Tyrol ; and extended rail services into Italy and Germany.
19-2600: There are eight S-Bahn lines, three Regional Express (REX-) lines, and the CJX 1 Line that are operated by ÖBB. Line S1 runs from Lienz to Spittal-Millstättersee. Trains are available at Spittal-Millstättersee that continue to Villach or Schwarzach-St. Veit. Line S2 runs from Fortezza/Franzensfeste in Italy to Lienz, connecting with S1 at Lienz and Brenner Lines running into Italy at Fortezza/Franzensfeste. Line S3 runs from Brennero/Brenner in Italy to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof , connecting with Brenner Lines at Brennero/Brenner; and S4, 5 and 6, REX lines 1 and 2, and CJX 1 at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof. Line S4 runs from Telfs-Pfaffenhofen to Kufstein , connecting with S3, 5 and 6, REX lines 1 and 2, and CJX 1 at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof; and S8 and REX line 3 at Wörgl Hauptbahnhof . Trains are available at Kufstein that continue to Salzburg or Munich , in Germany. Line S5 runs from Ötztal to Jenbach , connecting with S3, 4 and 6, REX lines 1 and 2, and CJX 1 at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof; and S8 and REX line 3 at Wörgl Hauptbahnhof. Line S6 runs from Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof; connecting with S7 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen; and S3, 4 and 5, REX lines 1 and 2, and CJX 1 at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof. Trains are available at Garmisch-Partenkirchen that continue to Munich in Germany. Line S7 runs from Pfronten-Steinach in Germany to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, connecting with S6 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Trains are available at Pfronten-Steinach that continue to Kempten in Germany. Line S8 runs from Wörgl Hauptbahnhof to Hochfilzen ; connecting with S4, REX line 2, and CJX 1 at Wörgl Hauptbahnhof. The REX 1 line runs from Landeck-Zams to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, connecting with S3, 4, 5, and 6, REX line 2, and CJX 1 at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof. Trains are available at Landeck-Zams that continue to St Anton am Arlberg or Vorarlberg . The REX 2 line runs from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufstein; connecting with S3, 4, 5, and 6, REX line 1, and CJX 1 at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and S8 and REX line 3 at Wörgl Hauptbahnhof. The REX 3 line runs from Wörgl Hauptbahnhof to Saalfelden , connecting with S4 and 8, REX line 2 and CJX 1 at Wörgl Hauptbahnhof. Trains are available in Saalfelden that continue to Schwarzach-St. Veit. The CJX 1 line runs from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Kufstein. It
38-645: A district within the short-lived Napoleonic Illyrian Provinces , but was reconquered by Austrian troops in 1813. Within the Austrian Empire (the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary after 1867) it was the seat of the district of the same name, one of the 21 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Tyrol . In November 1918 it was occupied by the Italian Army. After World War I the southern parts of
57-497: A recorded precipitation of 915 mm (36 in). Most of the rain falls during the summer months, especially from June to August (respectively 98, 119 and 100 mm (3.9, 4.7 and 3.9 in)). The driest months are January and February (42 and 35 mm (1.7 and 1.4 in)) The average temperature in July is 7.0 °C (44.6 °F). In January it is about 17.9 °C (64.2 °F) −5.2 °C (22.6 °F). Lienz
76-677: A separate Bavarian language variant. Southern Bavarian is also spoken in the Werdenfelser Land region around Mittenwald and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in German Upper Bavaria . The Tyrolean Unterland , the Alpine regions of Salzburg ( Pinzgau , Pongau and Lungau ), as well as the adjacent parts of Styria and southern Burgenland form the dialect continuum with the Central Bavarian language area in
95-705: Is a medieval town in the Austrian state of Tyrol . It is the administrative centre of the Lienz district, which covers all of East Tyrol . The municipality also includes the cadastral subdivision of Patriasdorf . Lienz is located at the confluence of the rivers Isel and Drava in the Eastern Alps , between the Hohe Tauern mountain range in the north (including the Schober and Kreuzeck groups ), and
114-660: Is a cluster of Upper German dialects of the Bavarian group. They are primarily spoken in Tyrol (i.e. the Austrian federal state of Tyrol and the Italian province of South Tyrol ), in Carinthia and in the western parts of Upper Styria . Before 1945 and the expulsions of the Germans , it was also spoken in speech islands in Italy and Yugoslavia. Due to the geographic isolation of these Alpine regions, many features of
133-582: Is also one of the sunniest cities in Austria with an average of 5.4 hours of sun per day or 1952 hours per year. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Dfb" (humid continental). Seats in the municipal assembly ( Gemeinderat ) as of 2010 elections: Lienz is located at a road junction between the Drautalstraße highway, leading from Carinthia to the Puster Valley in
152-747: Is practically the same as the REX 2 line, but stops at less stations. It connects with S3, 4, 5, and 6, and REX lines 1 and 2 at Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and S8 and REX line 3 at Wörgl Hauptbahnhof. The first S-Bahn line commenced operation on 9 December 2007 between 6am and 10pm at 30-minute intervals along the Inn valley lines ( Lower Inn Valley and Arlberg railways ) with stops at Hall in Tirol, Rum , Innsbruck central station, Innsbruck West station, Vols, Kematen in Tirol , Zirl , Inzing , Hatting , Flaurling , Oberhofen im Inntal and Telfs-Pfaffenhofen. On 14 December 2008
171-621: The British occupation zone . At this time several thousand members of the former Wehrmacht 1st Cossack Division coming from Yugoslavia arrived in and around Lienz. They surrendered to the British troops but were forcibly handed over to the Soviet Union , where most were executed or sent to the Gulag . Lienz has relatively warm and humid summers and cold winters. 1971–2000 there was
190-528: The Bronze Age about 2000 BC. Celtic people lived here from about 300 BC on, mainly as miners , who came under control of the Roman Empire in 15 BC. The area was incorporated into the province of Noricum and Emperor Claudius had a municipium called Aguntum erected near Lienz in the today's municipality of Dölsach . Aguntum became the see of an Early Christian bishop in
209-563: The Gailtal Alps in the south. It is connected with Winklern in Carinthia by the Iselsberg Pass . The neighboring municipality of Leisach marks the easternmost point of the Puster Valley . By the consistent growth of the city, some smaller villages around – though officially municipalities in their own right – are now widely considered to be suburbs of Lienz. Those suburbs comprise: The area of Lienz had been settled since
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#1732772683298228-577: The Patriarchs of Aquileia , who were elevated to immediate landlords by Emperor Henry IV in 1077. It was then purchased by the scions of the Meinhardiner dynasty, who held the office of Aquileian Vögte (reeves) and chose Lienz as a residence. From about 1127 they called themselves Counts of Görz ( Gorizia ). Located on the important trade route from Venzone in Friuli to Salzburg ,
247-680: The market town of Lienz received city rights on 25 February 1242. In 1278 the Counts finished Burg Bruck , a castle that until 1500 served as their local seat. When the Meinhardiner became extinct in 1500 upon the death of Count Leonhard of Gorizia , their estates were bequeathed to the Habsburg King Maximilian I and finally incorporated into the County of Tyrol . From the status of an Imperial residence, Lienz sank to
266-756: The 5th century but decayed during the Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps and the subsequent fights with the Bavarii under Duke Tassilo I around 600. Part of the Slavic principality of Carantania , the area passed under Bavarian and finally Frankish suzerainty during the 8th century. Lienz itself was first mentioned as Luenzina in a deed issued by the Bishop of Brixen about 1030. The settlement itself, together with neighbouring Patriasdorf , then belonged of
285-759: The Italian province of South Tyrol (B100), and the Felbertauernstraße (B108) from Lienz to Mittersill in Salzburg . It is also connected by the Drautalbahn railway line from Villach to Innichen in South Tyrol. The Felbertauerntunnel between Mittersill and Lienz was completed in 1967. Lienz is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Lienz at Wikimedia Commons Southern Bavarian Southern Bavarian or South Bavarian ,
304-982: The Old Bavarian language from the Middle High German period have been preserved. On the other hand, the Southern Bavarian dialect area is influenced by the Rhaeto-Romance languages , locally also Slovene and to a lesser extent Italian . The speech area historically included the former linguistic enclaves in Carniola (present-day Slovenia ) around Kočevje in the Gottschee region ( Gottscheerish ), Sorica (Zarz) and Nemški Rovt (Deutsch Ruth) . The Cimbrian language still spoken in several language-islands in north-eastern Italy ( Friuli , Veneto and Trentino ) mostly counts as
323-828: The Tyrol (i.e. Trentino and South Tyrol ) were awarded to the Kingdom of Italy under the terms of the London Pact and the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain , making the Lienz district of East Tyrol an exclave with no territorial connection to the mainland of North Tyrol . After the 1938 Anschluss of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany , the Lienz district became a part of Reichsgau Kärnten ( Carinthia ). On 8 May 1945 British forces occupied Lienz, which together with Carinthia and Styria became part of
342-594: The insignificance of a provincial town within the Habsburg monarchy . During the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars , Lienz was occupied twice by French troops in 1797. After the Austrian defeat at the Battle of Austerlitz , Lienz with Tyrol passed to the newly elevated Kingdom of Bavaria according to the 1805 Peace of Pressburg . In 1809 it became the administrative centre of
361-590: The second line opened with services on the Brenner railway . Although S-Bahn logos were installed from the beginning at the stations, it was first shown on official rail maps in December 2008. [REDACTED] Media related to Tyrol S-Bahn at Wikimedia Commons 47°15′48″N 11°24′04″E / 47.2633°N 11.4010°E / 47.2633; 11.4010 Lienz Lienz ( German: [ˈliːɛnt͡s] ; Southern Bavarian : Lianz )
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