!!!Absam

Absam, Tyrol, municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land, alt. 
632 m, pop. 5,834, 51.92 km%%sup 2/%, often-visited place of 
pilgrimage in the hill country of the Unterinntal (Lower Inn Valley), 
north of Hall in Tyrol; provincial gendarmerie academy, garrison, 
Mission of St. Josef, vocational schools for wood crafts and 
hotel and catering; timber processing, optics (Swarovski), 
chemical-pharmaceutical, plastic and machine manufacturing; some 
tourism. First documented in 990 as "Abazanes"; late Gothic pilgrimage 
church (1420/1440), changed to Baroque style around 1770, with ceiling 
paintings by J. A. Zoller (1780) und altarpiece by F. S. 
Unterberger, late Gothic crucifix (1492) and Gothic fresco of the 
Virgin Mary (1470); home of violin maker J. Stainer (ca. 1617-1683). 
Also home of the Krippach estate (in Baroque style since 1711) and 
Melans estate. In the Hall Valley there is also the administrative 
building (now a museum) of the salt mine shut down in 1967, as well as 
the Matschger Museum (of carnival customs).

!Further reading
R. Schober, Absam. Ein Dorf im Wandel, 1988.


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