Terfens#
Terfens, Tirol, municipality in the district of Schwaz, alt. 591 m, pop. 1781, area 15.21 km2, situated on the northern slope of the Lower Inn Valley. - Construction industry, crushed-stone works, wood processing. Gothic parish church (first documented mention 1337, enlarged around 1510-1515) with Gothic frescoes (around 1470), frescoes and altarpiece (1768) by C. A. Mayr; Maria Larch pilgrimage chapel (1698/1699, enlarged 1723) with frescoes; Baroque well house.
Literature#
H. Moser, Chronik von Terfens, 1975; J. Meixner, Wirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Strukturwandel in der Gemeinde Terfens nach 1945, master´s thesis, Innsbruck, 1992.