Grinzens is a municipality in the

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n state of

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in the district of

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. , its population is 1414. It lies southwest of the city of

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at an elevation of 945 m.

Population

Geography

Grinzens is located on a low mountain terrace southwest of Innsbruck, at the entrance to the Sellrain valley. The municipal area is bordered by the Melach and the Sendersbach. The elongated settlement extends mainly along a road that runs from Sellrain (Neder with Gertrein and Brandögg) to the western end of Axams (Moarhof and Bachl) and forks in the village area into the side, parallel to the Neder. Above the Anger one speaks of Obergrinzens, below, at the village church, of Untergrinzens.In addition to these streets, the village is characterized by the municipal building (with elementary school, kindergarten, crèche and pavilion, significantly expanded in 2013), the church and a multi-purpose building in the village center. The entire Senderstal valley, up to the Kalkkögel mountains, also belongs to the municipal area. About one-tenth of the municipality's area is suitable for year-round settlement, resulting in an effective population density of about 490 inhabitants per km² of permanent settlement area.

History

The village was first mentioned in a document in 1288 as Gratzinnes. The name of the village is ancient and its meaning is no longer clear. The original word was probably *Grinza or *Grazinna. In any case it can be placed in the same linguistic stratum as Fritzens, Götzens etc., which go back to the pre-Roman ending -inna. The records around 1400 of the Frauenchiemsee monastery name nine farms in Grinzens. The Sender valley leading south was also permanently settled around this time and still in 1352 - designated as "perch in Senders" - under the jurisdiction of the monastery of Wilten (Innsbruck). In the 16th century these Schwaighöfe became alpine pastures. Until 1811 Grinzens was part of the neighboring municipality of Axams, before the Bavarian occupation elevated Grinzens to a politically independent municipality after the Tyrolean uprisings of 1809. Ecclesiastically, Grinzens only became a parish in its own right in 1956. Grinzens im Bezirk IL

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Town History (German)
Cities and towns in Innsbruck-Land District {{Tyrol-geo-stub