The is an administrative district () 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
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) in the north, the districts
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, I ...
and
Landeck
Landeck () is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.
Geography
Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about . The town is situated in the valley of the In ...
in the south, and
Bregenz
Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...
and
Bludenz (both in
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with th ...
) in the west. The district is also referred to as .
The district is , with a population of 31,758 (January 1, 2012), and population density of . Administrative center is
Reutte.
Geography
The district comprises the valleys of the
Lech, the
Tannheimer Tal
The Tannheimer Tal ("Tannheim valley") is a high valley, at an elevation of about 1,100 metres, in the Tannheim Mountains, which are part of the Allgäu Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol ( county of Reutte).It is a left sided tributary to the ...
, and the so-called
Zwischentoren between
Reutte and
Fern Pass
Fern Pass (elevation 1212 m) is a mountain pass in the Tyrolean Alps in Austria. It is located between the Lechtal Alps on the west and the Mieming Mountains on the east. The highest peak in Germany, the Zugspitze is only 13.5 km away to t ...
. Mountain ranges in the district include parts of the
Lechtal Alps
The Lechtal Alps (german: Lechtaler Alpen) are a mountain-range in western Austria, and part of the greater Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the river Lech which drains them north-ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian st ...
,
Wetterstein Mountains
The Wetterstein mountains (german: Wettersteingebirge), colloquially called Wetterstein, is a mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps within the Eastern Alps. It is a comparatively compact range located between Garmisch-Partenki ...
,
Allgäu Alps
The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.
Charact ...
and
Tannheim Mountains. Prominent lakes include
Plansee,
Heiterwanger See,
Haldensee, and
Vilsalpsee.
Administrative divisions
The 37
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 ...
of the district:
*
Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...
(687)
*
Berwang
Berwang is a municipality with 564 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2019) in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The districts are ''Brand'', ''Bichlbächle'', ''Gröben'', ''Kleinstockach'', ''Mitteregg'', ''Rinnen'', ''Tal''. The m ...
(585)
*
Biberwier (632)
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Bichlbach
Bichlbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Bichlbach lies at an elevation of in the Zwischentoren, the valley that links the Ehrwald Basin with the Lech valley. Over the municipal territor ...
(795)
*
Breitenwang (1,532)
*
Ehenbichl (810)
*
Ehrwald (2,581)
*
Elbigenalp (863)
*
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 histo ...
(375)
*
Forchach (296)
*
Grän
Grän is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Grän lies near Lake Haldensee in the Tannheim valley, a high mountain valley on the border with Bavaria. It lies on the road to Pfronten
Pfronten (Sw ...
(580)
*
Gramais Gramais is a municipality of 41 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2019) in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The municipality is located in the district court Reutte. It is the smallest municipality in Austria.
Geography
Gramais ...
(54)
*
Häselgehr (667)
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Heiterwang
Heiterwang is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Heiterwang lies south of Reutte on the Heiterwanger See, which is connected by canal to the Plansee
Plansee is a lake in Reutte District, Tyrol, A ...
(511)
*
Hinterhornbach (98)
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Höfen (1,267)
*
Holzgau (439)
*
Jungholz
Jungholz () is a village in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol that is accessible only via Germany. The lack of a road connection to anywhere else in Austria led to Jungholz being included in the German customs area until Austr ...
(308)
*
Kaisers
:''See also Kaiser.''
Kaisers 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 Aus ...
(70)
*
Lechaschau (2,044)
*
Lermoos
Lermoos is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
It consists of two subdivisions: Unterdorf and Oberdorf.
Lermoos is most popular for its skiing and snowboarding in the winter and is very popular resort in th ...
(1,113)
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Musau
Musau is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Musau lies north of Reutte in a basin where the Lech
Lech may refer to:
People
* Lech (name), a name of Polish origin
* Lech, the legendary founder o ...
(398)
*
Namlos
Namlos is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Namlos lies in a side valley of the Lech
Lech may refer to:
People
* Lech (name), a name of Polish origin
* Lech, the legendary founder of Poland
* L ...
(88)
*
Nesselwängle
Nesselwängle is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Nesselwängle lies at the entrance to the Tannheim Valley
The Tannheimer Tal ("Tannheim valley") is a high valley, at an elevation of about 1 ...
(420)
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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 gen ...
(125)
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Pflach (1,263)
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Pinswang
Pinswang is a municipality in the Austrian Ausserfern region of the northern 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 hist ...
(416)
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Reutte (6,054)
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Schattwald
Schattwald is a municipality 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 ...
(427)
*
Stanzach (416)
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Steeg (689)
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Tannheim
Tannheim (Württemberg) () is a municipality in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Geography
It is located in upper Swabia at the river Iller which forms the border to Bavaria.
Sights
*Church of St. Martin, built ...
(1,045)
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Vils (1,482)
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Vorderhornbach
Vorderhornbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Vorderhornbach lies in the Lech
Lech may refer to:
People
* Lech (name), a name of Polish origin
* Lech, the legendary founder of Poland
* L ...
(261)
*
Wängle (848)
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Weißenbach am Lech
Weißenbach am Lech is a municipality in the Austrian district of Reutte, Tyrol.
Weissenbach is a long stretched village in the 'Nature Park Tyrolean Lech'. Here the river Lech has a very wide and mainly untouched river bed, where many rare plant ...
(1,280)
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Zöblen (239)
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