!!!Kössen

Koessen, Tirol, municipality in the district of Kitzbuehel, alt. 589 
m, pop. 3,443, area 69.34 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal tourist resort 
(524,572 overnight stays, mainly in summer), situated at the northern 
foot of the Zahmer Kaiser mountain, near the border to Bavaria 
(Germany).- Grenzlandhalle congress centre, office of the customs 
police, 1%%sup st/%  Austrian school of civil aviation for hang 
gliding and sports parachuting, sanatorium run by the regional health 
insurance agency. Service sector (especially hotels) dominates, 
knitting and fulling industry, building industry, wood processing.- 
From the 16%%sup th/%  to the 19%%sup th/%  century lead and iron were 
mined; Baroque parish church (1719-1722) with Gothic west tower and 
fresco by S. B. Faistenberger; Baroque chapels (Ausserkapelle and 
chapels in Klobenstein and Bichlach); smeltery with frescoes (around 
1775) in Bichlach.


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