Breitenwang is a municipality and village in the district of

Reutte Reutte (; Swabian: ) is a market town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district (''Districts of Austria''). Reutte is located on the Lech, and has a population of 6704 (as of 2018). Neighbouring muni ...

in the

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n state of

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Geography

Geographical location

Breitenwang is located in the

basin adjacent to the city on the

Plansee Plansee is a lake in Reutte District, Tyrol, Austria, located at . Its surface is approximately 2.87 km² and its maximum depth is 78 metres. It lies on Austrian Federal Highway B 179, which crosses the Ammersattel into Germany. History ...

and is closely interwoven with this community infrastructural. The cluster village consists of the districts ''Breitenwang'', ''Lähn'', ''Mühl'', ''Neumühl'' and

. Part of the

belongs to the municipality, in which the

Archbach The Archbach, also called Planseeache, is a river of Tyrol, Austria. The Archbach is a long. It arises from the lake Plansee in Breitenwang. It flows northeastward to Reutte and furtheron to Pflach where it discharges into the Lech Lech may refe ...

springs from the Plansee.

Neighboring communities

Breitenwang has only two neighboring communities: Heiterwang in the south and Reutte in the west, north and east.

History

Breitenwang was first mentioned as "Breitinwanc" or "Breitenwanch" in 1094, when Duke Welf IV and his wife Judith transferred their possession to the ''welfische Hauskloster'' Altdorf-Weingarten. Originally larger and more significant than

, this changed with the straightening of the course of the main road. From there, the place lost importance. Emperor Lothar III. died in Breitenwang on December 4, 1137 on his return from Italy (second Romzug).

Culture and sights

* Catholic ''parish church Breitenwang'' Hll. Peter and Paul: The church was built around 1650. The ceiling fresco in the choir room depicting the "key handover to Peter" from 1755 was by

Johann Jakob Zeiller Johann Jakob Zeiller (8 July 1708 – 8 July 1783) was an Austrian painter. Zeiller was born in Reutte, trained by his father Paul who was also a painter. In 1723 he began his apprenticeship with Sebastiano Conca in Rome, and then from 1729 ...

. In the sacristy are four rococo silver reliquary busts depicting the apostles Peter and Paul as well as the two plague patrons Sebastian and Rochus. In the Chapel of the Resurrection a dance of the dead in stucco medallions can be seen (about 1725). * The mortuary chapel Ad Beatam Virginem Mariam Dolorosam, which was added to the tower of the parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul in 1732, was given a dance of death by the sculptor and plasterer Thomas Seitz from 1724 to 1728. In medallions adorned with tendrils is shown how the death of ten people begins the last dance. The mortals are identified by their insignia and attributes; texts or names are omitted. On the left wall: Pope, Moses, wife, landlord, beggar; on the right wall: emperor, law teacher, soldier, cooper, farmer. The furnishings also include: stucco reliefs in the spandrels of the choir dome and further reliefs in the groove between the wall and dome base; Ceiling painting by Reuttener painter Paul Zeiller; Sculptures by the Füssen sculptor Anton Sturm.Hans Georg Wehrens: ''Der Totentanz im alemannischen Sprachraum. "Muos ich doch dran - und weis nit wan"''. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, . S. 240f.

References

External links

Cities and towns in Reutte District {{Tyrol-geo-stub