!!!Inzing

Inzing, Tirol, municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land, alt. 
616 m, pop. 3,526, area 26.43 km%%sup 2/%, in the Upper Inn 
Valley, west of Innsbruck. - Electric power station, 2 natural 
toboggan runs (venue of the World Championship races of 1979); 
production sector (industrial area): wood processing, 
electro-mechanical industry, embossing works (production of trophies), 
production of snow groomers, waste recycling, transport firms and 
tourism (45,157 overnight stays, mainly in summer). - First documented 
mention in 1034; parish and pilgrimage churches (1777-1779) with late 
Baroque frescoes and high altar; late Gothic parish church (first 
documented mention in 1359) in Hatting with frescoes in the choir 
(around 1500) and Baroque ceiling medallions, old farmsteads with 
carved gables. Famous as a Christmas crib village, with about 35 large 
cribs (some of them dating from the 19%%sup th/%  century). Passion 
plays until 1927.


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