Silz is a
municipality
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 ...
in the
Imst district and is located east of
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 west of
Telfs. The ski resort
Kühtai administratively belongs to the village area. Besides winter tourism also summer tourism, especially
rafting on the
Inn River
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, image_caption = Lower Inn valley from Rattenberg castle
, source1_location = Swiss Alps (Lägh dal Lunghin)
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, mouth_location = Danube (Passau)
, mo ...
, is an important source of income for Silz.
Population
Notable people
*
Helmuth Orthner (1941–2009), American scientist
References
External links
Official web presence of the municipality of Silz
Cities and towns in Imst District
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