Aurach bei Kitzbühel

Aurach bei Kitzbühel

Coat of arms
Aurach bei Kitzbühel

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°25′00″N 12°26′00″E / 47.41667°N 12.43333°ECoordinates: 47°25′00″N 12°26′00″E / 47.41667°N 12.43333°E
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Kitzbühel
Government
  Mayor Rudolf Mitterer
Area
  Total 54.2 km2 (20.9 sq mi)
Elevation 846 m (2,776 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 1,104
  Density 20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6370
Area code 05356
Vehicle registration KB
Website www.aurach.tirol.gv.at

Aurach bei Kitzbühel is a municipality in Kitzbühel District in the Kitzbühel Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Aurauch is located 5 km south of district town of Kitzbühel on the river known as the Kitzbühler Ache and the road to Thurn Pass. The municipality is further divided into Unteraurach, Oberaurach and several scattered settlements and hamlets including Haberberg, Haselwand, Kochau, Sonnberg and Wiesenegg-Grüntal. It was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1289 s Orwiorwe. Formerly a part of Kitzbühel district, Aurach became an independent municipality in 1833. It has 1171 inhabitants (as at 1 Jan 2010).

Of historical significance is the former mine in the area of the Kelchalm.

Aurach has a wildlife park, situated at a height of 1,100 metres, which is home to typical Alpine animals such as Red Deer, Ibex, Mouflon, Wild Boar and Lynx, as well as animals from other mountainous regions, including Fallow Deer, Sika Deer, Llama and Yak.

Neighbouring municipalities

Fieberbrunn, Jochberg, Kitzbühel

in the state of Salzburg: Saalbach-Hinterglemm

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869781    
1880771−1.3%
1890715−7.3%
1900740+3.5%
1910782+5.7%
1923822+5.1%
1934853+3.8%
1939738−13.5%
1951824+11.7%
1961828+0.5%
1971930+12.3%
19811,024+10.1%
19911,050+2.5%
20011,203+14.6%
20111,150−4.4%

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.

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