Thiersee

This article is about the municipality. For the lake, see Thiersee Lake.

Thiersee
Thiersee
Coat of arms
Location within Kufstein district
Thiersee Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°34′00″N 12°05′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Kufstein
Government
• Mayor	Hannes Juffinger (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	108.6 km2 (41.9 sq mi)
Elevation	678 m (2,224 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	2,990
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	6335
Area code	05376
Vehicle registration	KU
Website	www.thiersee. tirol.gv.at

Thiersee is a large municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km west of Kufstein, below the northern border with Bavaria, Germany.

Geography

The municipality is embedded in a hilly landscape with many forets and streams Entities (Ortschaften) are (in brackets: inhabitants as of January 2023):

• Almen (0)
• Hinterthiersee (523), also a village
• Landl (494), also a village
• Mitterland (573)
• Schmiedtal (201)
• Vorderthiersee (1371), also a village

The village Thiersee was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1224 and belonged to Bavaria until 1504. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was a peasant community without concerning traffic engineering. A street from Kufstein to Thiersee was built during World War I.

From 1946 to 1952, the village was center of the Austrian film production. Main sources of income at present are agriculture, passion play and tourism.

External links

• Official website