Inzing

Inzing is a town in the Austrian Federal State Tyrol.

Geography

Contition

Inzing is located in the Inntal between Innsbruck in east and Telfs in west. It lies on the southern bank of the Inn River. In the south of the town you see the Rangger Köpfl, in the north the Zirler Berg.

Neighbour municipalities

Flaurling, Gries im Sellrain, Hatting, Oberperfuss, Pettnau, Ranggen, Sankt Sigmund im Sellrain, Sellrain, Zirl.

History

The first time inzing was mentioned in a document was 1034. The district Hatting was attached 1974 to Inzing and 1993 as an own commune reconstituted.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	990	—
1880	864	−12.7%
1890	914	+5.8%
1900	905	−1.0%
1910	919	+1.5%
1923	986	+7.3%
1934	1,224	+24.1%
1939	1,307	+6.8%
1951	1,521	+16.4%
1961	1,723	+13.3%
1971	2,201	+27.7%
1981	2,717	+23.4%
1991	3,184	+17.2%
2001	3,184	+0.0%
2011	3,502	+10.0%

Economy

The industrial district, which is located at the east of the village, includes timber processing.

Personalities

• Vinzenz Gasser (1809 - 1879), prince-bishop of Brixen from 1856 to 1879
• Edmund Klotz (1855 - 1929), sculptor
• Jörg Kölderer (1465/70 - Juli 1540), court painter to Emperor Maximilian I.
• Josef Schretter (1856-1909), painter

External links

• www.geschichte-tirol.com: Inzing
• Dorfchronik Inzing