Pfunds#
Pfunds, Tirol, municipality in the district of Landeck, alt. 970 m, pop. 2,270, area 140.43 km2, bi-seasonal tourist resort (273.368 overnight stays in 1992) in the Upper Inn Valley, near the Swiss border. - Customs office, sports centre; building contractor. - Documented mention in 1282. Parish church with late Gothic core (enlarged between 1959-1961), in Stuben, late Gothic St. Mary's Church (around 1470) with late Gothic frescoes and winged altarpiece with late Gothic elements; Paarhof-type farmhouses (16th /17th centuries); Ulrichskirche church (1766) on a hill.
Literature#
F. Doerrer, Chronik von Pfunds, 1975; H. Wischhausen, Pfunds, ein Bergdorf wandelt sich zum Fremdenplatz, 1972.