Zams#

Zams, Tyrol, municipality in the district of Landeck, alt. 767 m, pop. 3,317, area 125.03 km2, in the Upper Inn Valley, opposite the mouth of the Zammer Loch, east of Landeck. - Nurses' home; family counselling centre; mother house of the Sisters of Mercy with hospital, Oberstufen-Realgymnasium secondary school, federal training institute for kindergarten teachers and hostel for female students; Zams power station, Venetbahnen cableways; predominant service sector (personal, social and public services, trade), large-size installation enterprise, building industry, great variety of small and medium-sized enterprises, bi-seasonal tourism (100,576 overnight stays in 1992). - Neo-Baroque parish church (documented mention in 1271, rebuilt after a fire in 1911, consecrated 1913) with Baroque high altar (18th  century), free-standing church tower; monastery church (1872-1877) of the Sisters of Mercy, redecorated in 1959; church of ease (consecrated in 1713) in the hamlet of Falterschein; Mariahilf pilgrimage church (1711-1714) in the hamlet of Kronburg, ruins of Kronburg Castle (built after 1380, in decay since about 1848) situated on a high mountain cone east of Zams; hospital (built in New Objectivity style, 1930-1934).

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