Landeck

Coat of arms

Landeck

Location within Austria

Location of Landeck within Tyrol

Coordinates: 47°08′00″N 10°34′00″E / 47.13333°N 10.56667°ECoordinates: 47°08′00″N 10°34′00″E / 47.13333°N 10.56667°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Wolfgang Jörg (ÖVP)

Area

• Total

15.9 km² (6.1 sq mi)

Elevation

816 m (2,677 ft)

Population (1 January 2016)

• Total

7,773

• Density

490/km² (1,300/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

6500

Area code

05442

Vehicle registration

Website

www.landeck.tirol.gv.at

Landeck is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck.

Landeck is located in the Tyrolean Oberland in the west of the state at an elevation of about 820 m (2,690 ft). The town is situated in the valley of the Inn River at the confluence with the Sanna tributary, between the Lechtal Alps, part of the Northern Limestone Alps in the north, and the Ötztal Alps and Samnaun Alps ranges of the Central Eastern Alps in the south.

The Inn valley is an important transport route from Tyrol to the west across the Arlberg massif. In the south, the Reschen Pass at the main chain of the Alps leads to the Vinschgau region in Italian South Tyrol.

In ancient times, the Via Claudia Augusta ran across the Reschen Pass and through the Inn Valley Landeck, connecting the Roman Italia peninsula with the Raetia province conquered in 15 BC. Throughout the Middle Ages the valley remained an important junction of trade routes leading to Augsburg via the Fern Pass and westwards across the Arlberg. From the late 13th century onwards the Meinhardiner counts of Tyrol controlled the area from their stronghold at Landeck Castle.

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