Situation of Imst in Tyrol, Austria
Coordinates:
The 84-metre-high spire of the Church of the Assumption (''Mariä Himmelfahrt'') soars above the rooftops of Imst
'Imst' is a
municipality and town in the
Austrian
federal state of
Tyrol. It lies on the
River Inn in western Tyrol, some 55 km west of
Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 m above sea-level. With a current population (2006) of around 9,200, Imst is the administrative centre of
Imst District.
History
Licensed since
1282 to hold a regular market, Imst received full
town rights in
1898.
SOS Children's Village
In 1949
Hermann Gmeiner founded the first
SOS Children's Village in the Sonnberg district of Imst. The ''SOS-Kinderdörfer'' organization now runs over 450 such villages worldwide.
External links
★
Official Imst town council website (in German)
★
Imst-Gurgltal tourist site
★
Website of SOS-Kinderdorf international
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