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Schönwies

Schönwies
Schoenwies17042006.jpg
Coat of arms of Schönwies
Coat of arms
Schönwies is located in Austria
Schönwies
Schönwies
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°11′50″N 10°39′22″E / 47.19722°N 10.65611°E / 47.19722; 10.65611Coordinates: 47°11′50″N 10°39′22″E / 47.19722°N 10.65611°E / 47.19722; 10.65611
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Landeck
Government
 • Mayor Wilfried Fink (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total 31.329 km2 (12.096 sq mi)
Elevation 737 m (2,418 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 1,726
 • Density 55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6491
Area code 05418
Vehicle registration LA
Website www.schoenwies.
tirol.gv.at

Schönwies is a municipality in the district of Landeck in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 8 km northeast of the city of Landeck and 7 km west of the city of Imst. The main source of income is the mining of limestone ballast stone.

The highest point in the municipality is the Große Schlenkerspitze (2,827 m) which is also the highest mountain in the eastern Lechtal Alps.

Schönwies, church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Michael

Schönwies, chapel

near Starkenbach, creek

Starkenbach, chapel: Kapelle Sankt Laurentius und Heilige Kreuz

Grieshaus, view to the village



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