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 lan ...

(

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

) in the north, the

Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (). 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 great ...

. 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 Brandenberg is a municipality in the Austrian state of Tyrol in the district Kufstein. It consists of the ''Brandenberg'' village and the ''Aschau'' locality (German: ''Ortsteil''). Brandenberg was first mentioned in 1140, and became an independe ...

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 1224 and ...

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 Bavari ...

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 zone) ...

, 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 s ...

. 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 ...

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 go ...

, three of them are

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

s, and two of them are

market town A market town is a 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 market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

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 proximit ...

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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, and ...

(12,723)

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, Rattenberg, ...

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Kundl Kundl is a market town in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of 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 Inn River and is made up of 4 part ...

(3,967)

Municipalities

(2,600) # Angath (946) # Angerberg (1,768) #

Bad Häring Bad Häring (Central Bavarian: ''Bod Hearing'') is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 4.30 km northwest of Wörgl and 9 km south of Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a tow ...

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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 Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufsto ...

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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 eas ...

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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 ...

(2,659) # Erl (1,452) #

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 A cement is a binder, a chemical ...

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Kramsach Kramsach is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 27 km southwest of Kufstein and 16.5 km west of Wörgl, at the northern side of the Inn River. Its main sources of income are the marble, timber a ...

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Langkampfen Langkampfen is a municipality in the middle of the Austrian state of Tyrol between Kufstein (8 km southwest below) and Wörgl Wörgl () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, in the Kufstein district. It is from the international border ...

(3,707) # Mariastein (323) #

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 distr ...

(3,044) # Niederndorf (2,631) # Niederndorferberg (673) #

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 Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a to ...

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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 Tyrol ...

(2,673) # Rettenschöss (469) #

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 and has three subdivisions. The main source of ...

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Schwoich Schwoich is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5.50 km south of Kufstein at the southern side of the Inn River. The village has nine hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', oft ...

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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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