Rank gene

rank gene is a municipality in the district Innsbruck country in Tirol (Austria).

• Inhabitant: 839 (2003)
• surface: 6.97 km ², of it continuous residential area 2.4 km ²

(forest surface 4.17 km ², agricultural surface 2.42 km ², cultivated surface 0.2 km ², other surfaces (wasteland, roads) 0.17 km ²)

• sea-height: is appropriate for 826

m rank gene in a hollow of the Inn valley terrace, to the west of Innsbruck and/or. in the eastern continuation of the Inzinger of mountain. The actual Rangger local area is divided into an except, an upper and a Unterdorf. In addition come still lane-like compressions and Weiler, which coin/shape the picture of the culture landscape. A settlement-geographical characteristic is the Ansitz Ferklehen - already convenient in the low close Unterperfuss -, whose name is derived from “Fergen”, with which the right was meant originally to care for the Innfähre with Zirl. After the building of the Innbrücke (1482) then the Fergenrecht referred to the bridge maintenance.

Municipality coat of arms: A green stage in the coat of arms of the municipality rank gene marks their situation at the Inn valley terrace. Picture light that easily bevels at the same time stair paragraph the “slope” important place name. The Drache points on the one hand as pickling oaks of the holy Magnus to its Pfarrpatronanz, on the other hand to the dangerously steeply dropping “rapid rank gene”, after which the municipality was designated.

By rank gene the saving brook flows. After rank gene leads from the Inn valley over approx. 5 km and 200 TC a bicycle distance very much liked. This represents also the main traffic route. The highest mountain is the Rangger Köpfl, with 1939 m a very popular trip mountain for summer and winter sportsmen of all kinds. Worth mentioning above all one is the longest Naturrodelbahnen with a length of nearly 8 km and an elevator difference of approx. 950 M.

Judicially rank gene belongs to the court district Telfs .

Local parts are: Ausserdorf, upper village, Unterdorf, waiting field lane, Vorstatt, Leithenweg, main street, upper meadow, upper lane, Riedpuite, cattle sheath, Ried, Itzlranggen, Blachfeld, Omesberg, low meadow, Ferklehen.

neighbour municipalities

Inzing, upper by foot, Unterperfuss, Zirl

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