!!!Thaur

Thaur, Tirol, municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land, alt. 
633 m, pop. 3254, area 21.07 km%%sup 2/%, located on top of 
an alluvial cone north of the River Inn, between Innsbruck and Hall in 
Tirol - Fish-breeding establishment of the Alpenzoo Innsbruck, 
Tertiary School Sisters, management and power-system control station 
of the TIWAG Tirolean Waterworks; industrial estate (esp. trade: cars, 
hardware, tubes, furniture warehouse and storage of propane gas), 
forwarding agents, printing works, publishing houses, construction 
industry, large-scale vegetable cultivation. - Burial grounds from the 
Bronze Age, first documented mention in 827 under the name of 
"Taurane", former seat of court, salt mining in the Middle 
Ages; late Gothic parish church (first mentioned in 1244, consecrated 
in 1487 and 1497), Baroque alterations in 1766, redecorated 1878-1880 
(new ceiling frescoes), Baroque high altar with late Gothic Madonna 
(end of 15%%sup th/%  century), 4 Rococo altars, frescoes depicting 
the 14 Auxiliary Saints; Romanesque filial church of St. Ulrich 
(altered in the 16%%sup th/%  century) attached to St. Afrahof, with 
late Gothic apse painting, winged altar (around 1580), Gothic carved 
sculptures (2%%sup nd/%  half of the 14%%sup th/%  century); Baroque 
church of St. Virgil (built in 1643 by salt works´ authorities); 
Maria Loreto Chapel (1589); north of Thaur, Baroque pilgrimage church 
("Romedikirchl", around 1779) with frescoes by F. and J. 
Giner, late Baroque altars and pulpit; old Mittertennhof farmsteads 
with gable girders, some with late Gothic oriels and porches; Thaur 
castle ruin (early 13%%sup th/%  century). Thaur is a Christmas crib 
village ("Maxenbauerkrippe" crib with figures from the 
17%%sup th/%  century, "Thaur -type" cribs with figurines 
made of paper or wood, 18%%sup th/% /19%%sup th/%  centuries). Vintl 
Alp plateau (alt. 1567 m) and Thaurer Rosskopf mountain 
(1574 m) nearby. - Local customs: "Palmesel" (Palm 
Donkey) Procession on Palm Sunday, Mullerlaufen. The protected 
pasque-flower grows on Castle Hill.

!Literature
A. Molling, Das Krippendorf Thaur, 1959; G. Weitz, 
Strukturuntersuchungen von Rum und Thaur, 2 vols., 1962.


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