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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 municipality is located in the district court Reutte.

Berwang
Berwang
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°24′28″N 10°44′51″E
CountryAustria
StateTyrol
DistrictReutte
Government
  MayorDietmar Berktold (ÖVP)
Area
  Total42.72 km2 (16.49 sq mi)
Elevation
1,336 m (4,383 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
  Total565
  Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6622
Area code05674
Vehicle registrationRE
Websitewww.berwang.at

It is a popular ski resort in winter, and a hiking and mountain biking destination in summer.[3]


Geography


The cluster village is located on the slope of the dome, which connects the Berwanger valley (to reach from Bichlbach) with the Rotlechtal. Kleinstockach and Bichlbächle are mountainous villages in the Berwanger valley. Brand, Mitteregg and Rinnen are located in Rotlechtal.


Constituent communities


The municipal area comprises the following eight villages (population as of 1 January 2019[4][circular reference]):


History


The place name is derived from ber (bears) and wang (meadow). The place was settled by Imst and came to Tyrol in 1266, but remained with administrative but still at Imst. From 1430, it was the court Ehrenberg (at Reutte). In 1949, the first ski lift went into operation in Berwang. Through tourism, the structure of the formerly poor community changed, many farms were dissolved.


Mayor


Since 2004 Dietmar Berktold (ÖVP)

Coat of arms


The municipal coat of arms, awarded in 1955, shows a raised black bear on a green silver signpost. It symbolizes the toponym ("bear meadow") as a talking emblem.[5]


Culture and sights



Traffic


Berwang is connected via the Berwang-Namloser Straße (L 21), which branches off in Bichlbach from the Fernpassstraße (B 179) and leads via Berwang and Namlos into the Lechtal, where it ends at Stanzach in the Lechtalstraße (B 198). About 5 km away in the municipality of Bichlbach is the station Bichlbach-Berwang the Außerfernbahn.


References


  1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. "Ski-, Bike- und Wandergebiet Berwang-Bichlbach, Tiroler Zugspitz Arena". Homepage Bergbahnen Berwang Tiroler Zugspitz Arena. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  4. Wikipedia:de. "Berwang". Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  5. Eduard Widmoser (1978), Tiroler Wappenfibel (in German), Innsbruck: Tyrolia-Verlag, p. 63, ISBN 3-7022-1324-4




На других языках


- [en] Berwang

[ru] Берванг

Берванг (нем. Berwang) — коммуна (нем. Gemeinde) в Австрии, в федеральной земле Тироль.



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