Thiersee

Place in Tyrol, Austria

Coat of arms

Location within Kufstein district

47°34′00″N 12°05′00″E / 47.56667°N 12.08333°E / 47.56667; 12.08333CountryAustriaStateTyrolDistrictKufsteinGovernment

• MayorHannes Juffinger (ÖVP)Area

^[1]

• Total108.6 km² (41.9 sq mi)Elevation

678 m (2,224 ft)Population

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total2,990 • Density28/km² (71/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

6335

Area code05376Vehicle registrationKUWebsitewww.thiersee.
tirol.gv.at

Thiersee is a large municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km west of Kufstein, below the northern border with Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

The municipality is embedded in a hilly landscape with many forets and streams Entities (Ortschaften) are (in brackets: inhabitants as of January 2023):

Almen (0)
Hinterthiersee (523), also a village
Landl (494), also a village
Mitterland (573)
Schmiedtal (201)
Vorderthiersee (1371), also a village

The village Thiersee was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1224^[3] and belonged to Bavaria until 1504. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was a peasant community without concerning traffic engineering. A street from Kufstein to Thiersee was built during World War I.

From 1946 to 1952, the village was center of the Austrian film production. Main sources of income at present are agriculture, passion play and tourism.

References

^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ "Geschichtliches".