Rattenberg#

Rattenberg, Tirol, town in the district of Kufstein, alt. 521 m, pop. 526, area 0.11 km2, smallest town in Tirol, situated on the right bank of River Inn, opposite the mouth of the Brandenberger Ache river. - District court, branch of the regional health insurance agency, museum of the Augustinian Order (since 1993); centre of Tyrolean glass design. - Conferred the status of a town in 1393, was a Bavarian fortification and customs post until 1504, after that Austrian territory. Ore mining near Rattenberg was responsible for the town's prosperity (approx. from 1420). - Late Gothic and Renaissance houses (valley roofs, oriels, portals) give the town an almost homogeneous appearance; ruins of castle (documented mention in 1254, partly demolished after 1782), only its Romanesque part with castle keep have been preserved; Gothic parish church (rebuilt 1473-1506, redecorated in Baroque style around 1730) with frescoes by B. Faistenberger and M. Guenther; former Augustinian (1384-1782) and Servite monastery (1817-1970) with church in Baroque style (finished in 1708), with stucco decorations by D. F. Carlone and Paolo d´Allio, vault paintings and murals (1708-1711) by J. J. Waldmann, monumental high altar; north of the church, late Gothic cloister and chapel (Hoferkapelle, consecrated in 1498); late Gothic hospital church (built around 1500).

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