Wenns
Encyclopedia
Wenns is a municipality
in the Imst district
and is located 7.30 km south of Imst
at the Pitze River
and became the main location of the valley with the same name. Main source of income is tourism, especially skiing
but the community does not possess an own area. Wenns has the oldest farmhouse (700 years) in Tyrol. It has 2051 inhabitants.
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...
in the Imst district
Imst (district)
The Bezirk Imst is an administrative district in Tyrol, Austria. It borders the district Reutte in the north, as well as sharing a small border with Bavaria...
and is located 7.30 km south of Imst
Imst
Imst is a city in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 55 km west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 m above sea-level...
at the Pitze River
Pitze River
The Pitze is a right tributary of the river Inn in the Imst and flows through the Pitztal valley. It has a length of about . It merges with the Inn east of the city of Imst at an elevation of ....
and became the main location of the valley with the same name. Main source of income is tourism, especially skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
but the community does not possess an own area. Wenns has the oldest farmhouse (700 years) in Tyrol. It has 2051 inhabitants.