!!!Götzens

Goetzens, Tirol, municipality in the district of Innsbruck Land, alt. 
868 m, pop. 2,738 (1991: pop. 3,261), area 9.72 km%%sup 2/%, summer 
and winter tourism (84,162 overnight stays), situated southwest of 
Innsbruck, at the entrance of the Serraintal valley into the Inntal 
valley. - Sports Centre, private therapeutic centre, adult education 
centre, small commercial businesses. - Parish church (1772-1775, by F. 
Singer), one of the finest Rococo churches in Austria and Southern 
Germany, with a high altar by the workshop of Maulbertsch and a crib 
by G. Haller; Theresienkirche church (first documented in 1350); 
Vellenberg castle (first documented mention in 1166/1177), since 1580: 
ruin; buildings typical of the Inntal valley (18%%sup th/%  century).

!Literature
P. Baeck, Goetzens, 1988.


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