!!!Kundl

Kundl, Tirol, market town in the district of Kufstein, alt. 
526 m, pop. 3,455, area 21.93 km%%sup 2/%,%%sup  /%, 
situated in the lower Inn Valley, southwest of Woergl. - Industrial 
and commercial centre, large number of commuters, 3,238 people 
employed, of which 82% in the production sector:  Biochemie GmbH 
(penicillin production), tractor factory, gravel and concrete works, 
float and set production, wood processing (sawmill, joiner's shops, 
furniture factory), metal-working industry (laser cutting, special 
products for cableway construction etc.), powder coating factory, 
foundries, construction of furnaces and heating systems, brewery, 
transport companies. - Important excavations (since 1973) of a burial 
site from the Hallstatt and La-Tène periods and from Roman 
times; first documented mention in 788 as "ad Quantulas", iron and 
metal works in the late Middle Ages; Baroque parish church 
(1734-1736); Late Gothic pilgrimage church (1580-1512) with Late 
Gothic frescoes (16%%sup th/%  century) in the gallery and the main 
building, interior from the 17%%sup th/%  century; Kundlburg castle 
ruins (first documented mention in 1213); Wildschoenauer Ache stream 
with Kundler Klamm gorge.

!Literature
Marktgemeinde Kundl (ed.), Kundl, 1986.


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