The Bezirk Kufstein is an administrative district (

bezirk The German term ''Bezirk'' (plural ''Bezirke'', derived from la, circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions: * ''Stadtbezirk'', a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e. ...

) in

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 ...

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 ...

. It borders

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

(

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

) in the north, the Kitzbühel district in the southeast, and the

Schwaz Schwaz () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district. Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley. Location Schwaz lies in the middle of the Lower Inn Valley at the foot of the Kellerjoch a ...

district in the southwest. The district has a geographical area of 969.81 km², and a population of 101,321 (2012) giving a population density of 104 people per km². The administrative center is

Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The gr ...

. The district comprises the lower part of the Tyrolean

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommo ...

valley as far as the Bavarian border, the

Alpbach Alpbach (, ) is a town in western Austria in the state of Tyrol. History The earliest written record of the name Alpbach comes from 1150, although human settlement is known to have begun there before and around the year 1000, and a bronze axe f ...

valley, the Brandenberg valley,

Wildschönau Wildschönau is a municipality within the district of Kufstein in the state of Tyrol 6 km south of Wörgl. The 24 km long high valley near Wörgl is one of the district's tourist centers. Besides a few hamlets, the municipality consists ...

, and

Thiersee 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. The village was mentioned for the first time in documents in 12 ...

Mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

s within the district include the

Brandenberg Alps The Brandenberg Alps (german: Brandenberger Alpen) are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bava ...

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone ( greywacke zon ...

, and the

Kaisergebirge The Kaiser Mountains (german: Kaisergebirge, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are ...

. The largest lakes are the Reintal lakes,

Hechtsee Hechtsee is a lake in Tyrol, Austria. It is also the name of a scattered village (''zerstreute Häuser''). Both ar part of the Kufstein District. The Austria–Germany border The Austria–Germany border () has a length of or in the south of ...

Hintersteiner See Hintersteiner See is a mountain lake in the Wilder Kaiser Austrian national park and belongs to the administrative region of Scheffau in the Austrian federal state of Tirol. The , lake was created during the last ice age and is at a height of 88 ...

and

Walchsee Walchsee is a municipality in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the Kufstein district. It is located in the lower Inn valley and belongs to the "Kaiserwinkl" and the "Untere Schranne". Geography Walchsee is located 18 km northeast of the city K ...

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into 30

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

, three of them are

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

s, and two of them are

market town A market town is a Human settlement, settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular marketplace, market; this distinguished it from a village or ...

Towns

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Rattenberg Rattenberg ( bar, Råttnberg) is a City on the Inn River in the Austrian state of Tyrol near Rattenberg mountain and Innsbruck. With just 400 inhabitants and a surface area of 10 ha, it is the smallest city in the country. Geography The proximi ...

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Wörgl Wörgl () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, in the Kufstein district. It is from the international border with Bavaria, Germany. Population Transport Wörgl is an important railway junction between the line from Innsbruck to Munich, ...

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Market towns

Brixlegg Brixlegg is a market town (since 1927) in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The town lies in the Lower Inn Valley and at the entrance of the Alpbachtal. Neighbouring municipalities Alpbach, Kramsach, Radfeld, Rattenbe ...

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Kundl Kundl is a market town in the Kufstein (district), Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol. Geography Kundl is situated 7.70 km west of Wörgl as well as 18.30 km southwest of Kufstein at the southern side of the ...

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Municipalities

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Angath Angath is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 2 km north of Wörgl and 13 km southwest of Kufstein on the northern shore of the Inn River , image = UnterinntalWest.JPG , image_c ...

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Angerberg Angerberg is a municipality in the Kufstein district of Austria. It is located north of Wörgl and southwest of Kufstein. The village was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1190. Population References External links Official ...

(1,768) # Bad Häring (2,568) # Brandenberg (1,547) #

Breitenbach am Inn Breitenbach am Inn ( Central Bavarian: ''Broadnbåch am Inn'') is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5.5 km west of Wörgl and 19 km southwest of Kufstein. The village has five parts and ...

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Ebbs Ebbs is a municipality in the Kufstein district of Tyrol in Austria. The village is located in the Judicial district of Kufstein and in 2016 had a population of 5,480. Geography Ebbs is located in the Lower Inn Valley near Kufstein, to the ea ...

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Ellmau Ellmau is a municipality in the district of Kufstein in the Austrian region of Sölllandl. It lies 12 km southeast of Kufstein and 9 km west of Sankt Johann in Tirol. It is located at an elevation of 820 m above sea level. It was ment ...

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Erl Erl or ERL may refer to: People * Elli Erl (born 1979), German musician * Hans Erl (1882–1942?), German operatic bass * Sebastian Erl, German singer * Thomas Erl (born 1967), Canadian author Transport * ERL (automobile manufacturer), a def ...

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Kirchbichl Kirchbichl is a municipality in the Kufstein District in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 10 km south of Kufstein and 3 km northeast above Wörgl. It has six parts and its main source of income is cement industry. Climate Population ...

(5,363) # Kramsach (4,609) # Langkampfen (3,707) #

Mariastein Mariastein may refer to: *Mariastein Abbey at Metzerlen-Mariastein, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland *Mariastern Abbey, Banja Luka in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina *Mariastein, Tyrol Mariastein is the smallest municipality in the Kuf ...

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Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...

(3,044) # Niederndorf (2,631) #

Niederndorferberg Niederndorferberg is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 8 km north of Kufstein and 3.4 km north above Ebbs near the border to Bavaria, Germany. It has six parts and was once connected w ...

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Radfeld Radfeld is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 1 km east of the town of Rattenberg, 13 km west of Wörgl, and 24 km southwest of Kufstein. References Cities and towns in Kufs ...

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Reith im Alpbachtal Reith im Alpbachtal is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the state of Tyrol located in the Alpbachtal valley, 32.9 km southwest of Kufstein, 19.6 km west of Wörgl, and 44.1 km east of Innsbruck, the main capital of Tyro ...

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Rettenschöss Rettenschöss is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 10.20 km northeast of Kufstein and 6 km northeast of Ebbs below the northern border to Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Fe ...

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Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser is a municipality in the district Kufstein in the Austrian region of the Sölllandl. It is located 8.50 km southeast of Kufstein and 13 km northwest of Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval to ...

(1,323) # Schwoich (2,314) #

Söll Söll is a municipality in the district of Kufstein in the Austrian region of Sölllandl. It is located 9 km south of Kufstein and 9 km east of Wörgl. The village consists of 25 subdivisions. The main sources of income are agriculture ...

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