Weer
Encyclopedia
The old scattered municipality
of Weer is located in the district of Schwaz
, Tyrol, Austria
. It lies in the east of the Weerbach (Weer River).
Until World War II
Weer was a farming village. After World War II, due to developing industrialisation in the peripherals (mainly Schwaz and Innsbruck) it became much bigger and has about 1500 inhabitants so far.
The area of Weer is 561 ha, of which 330 ha are used for extended agriculture.
The first settlers were Illyrian, later house names also refer to presence of Romans
. For four centuries Weer then was located in the Roman province of Rhaetia.
The village is named first in 1075, its name derives from a Celtic-Illyrian root.
Around 1500, because of the enormous silver mining industry in Schwaz, the outlying villages were also investigated for natural resources. Thus, a small gold washery was established in Weer. The crest
of the village still shows a gold washing tool at the bottom.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Weer is located in the district of Schwaz
Schwaz
Schwaz is a city in Tyrol, Austria. It is the administrative center of the Schwaz district . Schwaz is located in the lower Inn valley, and has a population of about 13,000....
, Tyrol, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
. It lies in the east of the Weerbach (Weer River).
Until World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Weer was a farming village. After World War II, due to developing industrialisation in the peripherals (mainly Schwaz and Innsbruck) it became much bigger and has about 1500 inhabitants so far.
The area of Weer is 561 ha, of which 330 ha are used for extended agriculture.
The first settlers were Illyrian, later house names also refer to presence of Romans
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
. For four centuries Weer then was located in the Roman province of Rhaetia.
The village is named first in 1075, its name derives from a Celtic-Illyrian root.
Around 1500, because of the enormous silver mining industry in Schwaz, the outlying villages were also investigated for natural resources. Thus, a small gold washery was established in Weer. The crest
Crest (heraldry)
A crest is a component of an heraldic display, so called because it stands on top of a helmet, as the crest of a jay stands on the bird's head....
of the village still shows a gold washing tool at the bottom.