!!!Thiersee

Thiersee, Tirol, municipality in the district of Kitzbuehel, alt. 
678 m, pop. 2,555 (pop. in 1981: 2,263), area 
108.61 km%%sup 2/%, summer tourist location (294,079 overnight 
stays) in the valley of the Thiersee Stream, west of Kufstein near the 
Bavarian border; Vorder-Thiersee and Hinter-Thiersee; close to 
Thiersee Lake (area 26 ha, depth 13 m) with beach for 
swimming and sports grounds. -Ackernalm tollgate, customs authority, 
dialysis clinic, theatre for Passion plays; construction industry. - 
Parish churches in Hinter-Thiersee (first documented mention in 1435, 
rebuilt in 1684), Vorder-Thiersee (first documented mention in 1315, 
rebuilt in 1703 after having been destroyed by fire) and Landl 
(1794/1795); Unterinntal farmhouses; Passion plays performed since 
1799, with interruption during the Second World War, resumed in 1955 
(every 6 years, latest performance in 1993).

!Literature
G. Egerbacher, Thiersee. Geschichte und Geschichten, 1988.


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