!!!Prutz

Prutz, Tirol, municipality in the district of Landeck, alt. 
866 m, pop. 1,444, area 9.74 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal 
tourist resort (80,108 overnight stays in 1992), situated in  Oberes 
Gericht where the Kaun Valley joins the Oberinn Valley. - Kaun Valley 
storage power station (built in 1964, 392 MW; water supply 
provided by a pressurised gallery leading from the Gepatsch Dam); wood 
processing industry. - First documented mention in 1028; late Gothic 
parish church (redesigned in Baroque style in the 17%%sup th/%  
century) with Romanesque south tower and St. Anthony´s Chapel 
(altar around 1676); St. John´s Chapel with Gothic frescoes 
(around 1330) in the cemetery; fortified castles ("Turm im 
Felde", "Turm in der Breite"). North of Prutz is the  
Pontlatz Bridge.


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