Reith im Alpbachtal#

Reith im Alpbachtal, Tirol, municipality in the district of Kufstein, alt. 637 m, pop. 2,510 (1981: pop. 2,174), area 27.40 km2, bi-seasonal tourism (350,255 overnight stays in 1992), situated on an Alpine plateau above the Unterinntal valley and the Alpbach river; 1952-1976 named "Reith bei Brixlegg". - Trades (e.g. manufacture of shingles); baryte mining (discontinued). - Old settlement and old parish (first documented mention 976). In the 15th -19th centuries, silver and copper mining on the Reither Kogel mountain (1,336 m).- Classicist parish church (1801-1805 by A. Hueber) with vault frescoes; cemetery chapel (1338) with Gothic core; ruins of Kropfsberg fortress (Romanesque, 1st half of the 13th century), was centre of administration of the archdiocese of Salzburg, fell into disuse after 1600, 3 impressive keeps, long curtain wall; Matzen Fortress (first documented mention 1278), circular tower and western tract (13th century), rebuilt in 1873 after it had fallen into disuse, Neu-Matzen Palace located in the park (1890); St. Gertraudi church adapted in Baroque style; Unterinntaler Einhof farmhouse types. Customs: "Ankloeckeln" (Advent singers going from house to house) and "Grasauslaeuten" (sounding bells to encourage the grass to grow), St. Nicholas plays (every 7 years).

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