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Igls, Tirol, village on the River Sill in the district of Innsbruck, alt. 870 m, situated on a plateau at the foot of Patscherkofel Mountain; summer holiday resort since the 19th century; international winter-sports area south of Innsbruck; administered by Innsbruck since 1942. - Congress centre, spa park, sanatorium Park Hotel, ice skating rink, cable car to Patscherkofel Mountain (2,246 m); nature reserve and skiing area. The Olympic Winter Games were held in Igls in 1964 and 1976: downhill-racing from Patscherkofel mountain to Innsbruck; bobsled racing. Tourist centre and residential area. - Gothic-Baroque parish church (consecrated in 1479; remodelled in Baroque style between 1700 and 1705); ceiling frescoes and wall paintings by J. Schmutzer (1777); altar pieces by J. Lampi the Elder (1781), J. Arnold and L. Kupelwieser; charnel house with late-Gothic fresco (1486); pilgrimage church of Heiligwasser (1662); Hohenburg palace (first documented mention in 1345); Taxburg Castle near Lake Lansersee; largest stand of stone pine trees in the Eastern Alps between Patscherkofel Mountain and Glungezer Mountain.

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