Prutz

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Prutz

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 47°04′35″N 10°39′49″E / 47.07639°N 10.66361°ECoordinates: 47°04′35″N 10°39′49″E / 47.07639°N 10.66361°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Heinz Kofler

Area

• Total

9.74 km² (3.76 sq mi)

Elevation

864 m (2,835 ft)

Population (1 January 2016)

• Total

1,777

• Density

180/km² (470/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

6522

Area code

05472

Vehicle registration

Website

www.prutz.tirol.gv.at

Prutz is a municipality in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Located at the mouth of the Kauner valley on the upper Inn, it is 10 km south of the city of Landeck and 36 km north of Reschen Pass, that forms the boarder to Italy. The boarder to Switzerland is located 23 km away towards the south-west.

Prutz, situated on the former Via Claudia Augusta, was a resting place and later post station from Carolingian times, with favourable opportunities for the development of a settlement. The place is first recorded in 1027–1034 as locus qui dicitur Bruttes ("the place called Bruttes") in relation to a dispute over tithes between the bishops' churches of Brixen and Regensburg. The Late Gothic parish church was refurbished in the Baroque style in the 17th century.

In 1903 a disastrous fire destroyed the greater part of the village, although the typical West Tyrolean layout of close housing still remains in the centre.

Prutz was originally administratively part of Ried im Oberinntal, which was dissolved as an administrative unit in 1978, when Prutz became part of Landeck.

Prutz is situated at the intersection of the rivers Inn and Faggenbach. The recreation area and nature park Kaunergrat is located at the east of the village. The skiing resort Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis is located to the west of the village.

Prutz is located on the cycling route Via Claudia Augusta.

The population of Prutz was declining in the second half of the 19th century inter alia because of the emigration to the Americas at this period but started to grow steadily from 1910 onwards. As of 2013, 12% of the total population were of foreign nationality. The foreign population was divided as such: 43% of the foreigners were EU citizens, 28% were Turkish citizens, 20% were from countries of former Yugoslavia and some 9% were of other nationalities. Evolution of the population can be seen in the table below.

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