Imst

Imst
Imst
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Imst
Mayor Gerhard Reheis (SPÖ)
Area 113.4 km2 (44 sq mi)
Elevation 827 m  (2713 ft)
Population 9,494 (1 January 2011)[1]
 - Density 84 /km2 (217 /sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate IM
Postal code 6460
Area code 05412
Website www.imst.tirol.gv.at

Imst is a city in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 55 km west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 m above sea-level. With a current population (2006) of around 11,400, Imst is the administrative centre of Imst District.

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History

Licensed since 1282 to hold a regular market, Imst received full town rights in 1898.

Luge track

In 1958, the first artificially refrigerated track was completed at Imst.[2] The track was 1000.9 meters long with 17 turns and a vertical drop of 124.8 meters, giving the track an average grade of 12.48%.[2] No turn names were given for the track.

It hosted the FIL World Luge Championships in 1963 and 1978[3] and it hosted the FIL European Luge Championships in 1956, 1971, and 1974.[4]

SOS Children's Village

In 1949 Hermann Gmeiner founded the first SOS Children's Village in the Sonnberg district of Imst. The SOS-Kinderdörfer organization now runs over 450 such villages worldwide.

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