The Bezirk Schwaz is an administrative district (''
Bezirk
The German language, German term (; Grammatical number#Overview, pl. ; derived from , "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions:
* , a subdivision of a city in the sense of a borough (e ...
'') in
Tyrol
Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...
,
Austria
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. It borders
Bavaria
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(
Germany
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) in the north, the districts of
Kufstein,
Kitzbühel
Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a town rights, medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbüh ...
and
Pinzgau (
Salzburg
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) in the east,
South Tyrol
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(
Italy
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) in the south, and the
Innsbruck-Land district in the west.
Area of the district is 1,887.49 km
2, with a population of 79,511 (January 1, 2012), and population density of 42 persons per km
2. Administrative center of the district is
Schwaz.
Geography
The district comprises a part of the lower
Inn valley, the complete
Zillertal
The Ziller Valley () is a valley in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria that is drained by the Ziller River. It is the widest valley south of the Inn (river), Inn Valley () and lends its name to the Zillertal Alps, the strongly Glacier, glaciated sectio ...
valley with its tributary valleys (like the
Tuxertal
The Tuxertal is a valley located in Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria. A side valley of the Zillertal, from which it branches at Mayrhofen, the Tuxertal is about 13 km long and accessible on the Tuxer Straße (Tux Road). From Mayrhofen () to Hin ...
), and the
Achental valley with the
Achensee. Mountain ranges within the district include the
Tux Alps,
Zillertal Alps
The Zillertal Alps (; ) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.
Name
The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.
Geography
The range is bounded by the ''Tuxerjoch'' m ...
,
Kitzbühel Alps, the
Karwendel
The Karwendel is the largest mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps. It is located on the Austria–Germany border. The major part belongs to the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, while the adjacent area in the north is part ...
and the
Rofan.
Administrative divisions
The district is divided into 39
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
:
*
Achenkirch (2,156)
*
Aschau im Zillertal (1,732)
*
Brandberg (348)
*
Bruck am Ziller (993)
*
Buch bei Jenbach (2,549)
*
Eben am Achensee (2,849)
*
Finkenberg (1,510)
*
Fügen (3,838)
*
Fügenberg (1,341)
*
Gallzein (598)
*
Gerlos (786)
*
Gerlosberg (483)
*
Hainzenberg (687)
*
Hart im Zillertal (1,510)
*
Hippach (1,376)
*
Jenbach (6,851)
*
Kaltenbach (1,229)
*
Mayrhofen
Mayrhofen is a town in the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) in the Austrian state of Tirol, Austria, Tyrol. It is located approximately an hour from the Tyrolean capital city of Innsbruck.
Population
Tourism
The town offers a variety of summer an ...
(3,821)
*
Pill
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Drugs
* Pill (pharmacy), referring to anything small for a specific dose of medicine
* "The Pill", a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive pill
Film and television
* ''The Pill'' (film), a 2011 fil ...
(1,112)
*
Ramsau im Zillertal (1,570)
*
Ried im Zillertal (1,225)
*
Rohrberg (533)
*
Schlitters (1,400)
*
Schwaz (13,058)
*
Schwendau (1,608)
*
Stans (1,930)
*
Steinberg am Rofan (295)
*
Strass im Zillertal (840)
*
Stumm (1,807)
*
Stummerberg (841)
*
Terfens (2,082)
*
Tux (1,932)
*
Uderns (1,663)
*
Vomp (4,661)
*
Weer (1,545)
*
Weerberg (2,337)
*
Wiesing
Wiesing is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol
Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the Cou ...
(2,039)
*
Zell am Ziller (1,743)
*
Zellberg (633)
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