Häselgehr is a municipality with 686 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2019) in the district of Reutte in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n state of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

. The municipality is located in the district court Reutte. Since 2010, the community is a member of the Climate Alliance Tyrol.

Geography

Häselgher lies in the upper valley of the

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and consists of several loosely populated hamlets. The place was first documented in 1358 as Hesligeren ("hazel-covered mites" - wedge-shaped corridor). Heuberg near Häselgehr, which was cultivated to the ridge with mountain mowers, has often been the cause of avalanche disasters in the past, which is why the community is today protected by one of the largest avalanche barriers in Central Europe. In Häselgehr, the road branches off to Gramais, the smallest municipality in Austria, which is seven kilometers away.

Constituent communities

The municipal area comprises the following two villages (population as of 1 January 2019): Grießau (149) Häselgehr (537) Districts of Häselgehr are Ober- and Untergrießau, Ort, Schönau, Ober- and Unterhäselgehr, Unterhöf, Ebele, Luxnach, Alach, Rauchwand, Häternach and Gutschau, neighboring communities Bach,

Elbigenalp Elbigenalp is a municipality in the district of Reutte (district), Reutte in the Austrian state of state of Tyrol, Tyrol. Geography Elbigenalp lies about in the middle of the Lech (river), Lech valley. References External links

Citie ...

Elmen Elmen is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was histor ...

, Gramais,

Hinterhornbach Hinterhornbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Hinterhornbach lies in the Hornbach valley, a side valley of the Lech Lech may refer to: People * Lech (name), a name of Polish origin * Lech, ...

Imst Imst (; Southern Bavarian: ''Imscht'') is a town in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of above sea level. With a current population (2013) of 9,552, Imst ...

and

Pfafflar Pfafflar is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Pfafflar lies in a side valley of the Lech. The road from Pfafflar leads over the Hahntennjoch to Imst in the upper valley of the Inn Inns are gene ...

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