!!!Scharnitz

Scharnitz, Tirol, municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land, alt. 
964 m, pop. 1,100, area 158.85 km%%sup 2/%, bi-seasonal 
tourism resort (78,921 overnight stays in 1992) which borders on 
Bavaria and is situated on the upper reaches of the River Isar. - 
Customs office, domestic science school run by the Benedictine nuns; 
transport firms. Roman fort "Scarbia" located between 
Karwendel mountains and the Wetterstein mountains; in the Middle Ages, 
Scharnitz played an important role as the entrance gate to Tirol; on 
the "Strada d´Allemagna" ("Germany Route") 
(Venice- Augsburg); during the Thirty Years´ War a barrage was 
built in 1633 and named "Porta Claudia" for the territorial 
princess  Claudia of Medici, which was extended around 1670; the 
walls, which are up to 6 m high, have been preserved; parish 
church (first documented mention in 1639, today´s church built 
in 1896), decorated with a fresco, stained glass windows and clay 
figures from 1954.

!Literature
P. Sprenger, Geschichte der Gemeinde Scharnitz im Bezirk 
Innsbruck-Land, 1976.


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