!!!Silz

Silz, Tyrol, municipality in the district of Imst, alt. 654 m, 
pop. 2,245, area 65.67 km%%sup 2/%, winter tourist resort 
(129,547 overnight stays) in the Upper Inn valley. The winter sports 
resort of  Kuehtaiis part of Silz. - District Court; district forestry 
inspectorate; St. Petersberg monastery of the Order of the Cross; 
Sellrain-Silz storage power station (constructed in 1981, 500 
megawatts); and TIWAG power station at Silzerberg; silk weaving, wood 
processing. Between 1629 and 1748 passion plays were performed in 
Silz. - Parish church (1846-1848); Angerkapelle chapel (1634) on the 
village common; octagonal late Baroque Mount Olive chapel (second 
quarter of the 18%%sup th/%  century); St. Petersberg castle 
(documented mention in 1090/97) with Romanesque keep and free-standing 
tower; house of a religious order since 1969; beautiful Upper Inn 
valley farmsteads. In 1857, seven families and 20 single persons 
emigrated to  Pozuzo (Peru).


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