Stans#

Stans, Tirol, municipality in the district of Schwaz, alt. 563 m, pop. 1,703, area 20.07 km2, summer tourist destination (69,178 overnight stays) in the Inn Valley, north of Schwaz, at the foot of Stanser Joch mountain (alt. 2,102 m). - Georgenberg pilgrimage and meditation centre; tinsel factory (since 1802, producing decoration for Christmas trees), jam factory, construction of vehicles (buses, snow smoothers). - Documented mention in 827; late-Gothic Old Parish Church; neo-Gothic New Parish Church (1884-1895); Baroque pilgrimage chapel of Maria Tax (1667) with frescoes dedicated to the Virgin Mary (1757) by C. A. Mayr; pilgrimage church in Sankt Georgenberg (documented mention around 1000, Baroque reconstruction 1654-1660); former Benedictine monastery (from 1138, transferred to Fiecht after a fire in 1705, two wings preserved); Tratzberg Palace; close to Stans, Wolfsklamm gorge and Gamsgartenklamm gorge. Advent custom of "Ankloepfeln" every ten years ("Ankloepfeln" literally "to knock on people's doors", people go around knocking at doors, reciting verses, giving good wishes and asking for donations for charity) .

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