!!!Rum

Rum, Tirol, market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land, alt. 
621 m, pop. 8,071, area 8.56 km%%sup 2/%, situated on the 
southern slope of the Nordkette mountains north-east of Innsbruck. - 
Sanatorium run by the Sisters of the Cross (Kreuzschwestern), New 
Apostolic Community, adult education centre, indoor athletic 
recreational facility; 3,993 employed persons (1991): commercial 
enterprises dominate (eg. pharmaceutical products); construction 
firms, a clothing factory, industrial zone in Neurum and summer 
tourism (28,743 overnight stays) also contribute to the local economy. 
- Late Gothic parish church with Gothic frescoes (around 1474), chapel 
dedicated to the Virgin Mary with nativity scene figures made from wax 
(around 1800), Kaiserkreuz memorial cross, Mittertenn farmhouse type. 
The town specialises in cribs and nativity scenes, mainly of the 
Thaurer type. Carnival customs include "Mullen", a parade in 
which the participants wear traditional, wooden masks.

!Literature
I. Hampl, Rum. Eine sozialgeographische Studie, 
master´s thesis, Innsbruck 1975; W. Beimrohr, Rum. Dorf im 
Umbruch, 1985.


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