Patsch

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Patsch
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Patsch
Patsch (Austria)
Patsch
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Mayor Burghart Tollinger
Basic statistics
Area 9.73 km² (3.8 sq mi)
Elevation 896 m  (2940 ft)
Population 910  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 94 /km² (242 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate IL
Postal code 6082
Area code 0512
Website www.patsch.tirol.gv.at

Coordinates: 47°12′15″N 11°24′55″E / 47.20417, 11.41528

Patsch is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land and is located 6.70 km south of Innsbruck at the bottom of the Patscherkofel.

It is one of the oldest villages in the southern low mountain range around the capital and was mentioned in documents for the first time around 1200 as „Patsche or Pats“. It has 910 inhabitants.