Navis is a municipality in the district

Innsbruck-Land The Bezirk Innsbruck-Land is an administrative district ('' Bezirk'') in Tyrol, Austria. It encloses the Statutarstadt Innsbruck, and borders Bavaria (Germany) in the north, the district Schwaz in the east, South Tyrol in Italy to the south, and t ...

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 ...

located 19 km southeast of Innsbruck in a valley with the same name which is a side valley of the

Wipptal The Wipp Valley (german: Wipptal) is an Alpine valley in Tyrol, Austria and in South Tyrol, Italy, running between Innsbruck and Franzensfeste. The Brenner Pass (1,374 m) at the Austro-Italian border divides it into the northern, Austrian Lower ...

. The extensive territory of this municipality runs from the Sill up to the 2,359 m high Klammjoch saddle and the 2,886 m high

Lizumer Reckner The Lizumer Reckner is, at ,Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen: Österreichische Karte 1:50.000AMAP Online accessed on 13 April 2011 the highest mountain in the Tux Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Location and area The Lizumer Reckn ...

in the

Tux Alps The Tux Alps (german: Tuxer Alpen) or Tux Prealps (''Tuxer Voralpen'') are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state o ...

. The village is provided with fresh drinking water thanks to the clean

Navisbach The Navisbach is a small river of Tyrol, Austria. The Navisbach flows through the (Navis valley). Its route follows western direction until north of Steinach am Brenner where it merges with the Sill. The Navisbach proper is long, including its ...

. The origin of the village name is unknown but settlement began at the end of the 13th century. Copper and silver were found in the 15th and 16th century.

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Cities and towns in Innsbruck-Land District {{Tyrol-geo-stub