Kössen
| Kössen | ||
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  Kössen Location within Austria | ||
| Coordinates: 47°40′N 12°24′E / 47.667°N 12.400°ECoordinates: 47°40′N 12°24′E / 47.667°N 12.400°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Tyrol | |
| District | Kitzbühel | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Stefan Mühlberger[1] | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 69.34 km2 (26.77 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 588 m (1,929 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2014)[2] | ||
| • Total | 4,208 | |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 6345 | |
| Area code | 05375 | |
| Website | www.koessen.tirol.gv.at | |
Kössen is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 24 km north of Kitzbühel as well as 15.50 km north of Sankt Johann in Tirol at the Kitzbühler Ache near the border to Germany.
Geography
Kössen is located in a broad basin between the Chiemgauer Alps in the north and the Kaiser Mountains in the south of the confluence of Großache river, the Kohlenbach and the Weißenbach.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1869 | 1,765 | — |
| 1880 | 1,760 | −0.3% |
| 1890 | 1,700 | −3.4% |
| 1900 | 1,704 | +0.2% |
| 1910 | 1,969 | +15.6% |
| 1923 | 1,819 | −7.6% |
| 1934 | 1,972 | +8.4% |
| 1939 | 1,913 | −3.0% |
| 1951 | 2,184 | +14.2% |
| 1961 | 2,361 | +8.1% |
| 1971 | 2,769 | +17.3% |
| 1981 | 3,150 | +13.8% |
| 1991 | 3,443 | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 3,936 | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 4,193 | +6.5% |
Sights
Maria Klobenstein is a pilgrimage church in the community Kössen in Tirol on the border with Bavaria (municipality Schleching).
Neighboring towns
Aschau im Chiemgau, Kirchdorf in Tirol, Reit im Winkl, Schleching, Schwendt, Unterwössen, Waidring, Walchsee
References
- ↑ "Wissenswertes > Politik > Bürgermeister" (in German). Kössen Official Site. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kössen. |
- Kössen community data from Statistik Austria
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