- Imst
Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Stadt
Name = Imst
Wappen = Wappen_at_imst.png
lon_deg = 10 | lon_min = 44 | lon_sec = 17
Lageplan = map at-7 imst.png
Bundesland = Tirol
Bezirk = Imst
Höhe = 827
Fläche = 113.4
Einwohner = 9222
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 6460
Vorwahl = 05412
Kfz = IM
Gemeindekennziffer = 7 02 03
NUTS = AT334
Straße = Rathausstraße 9
Website = [http://www.imst.tirol.gv.at www.imst.tirol.gv.at]
Bürgermeister = Gerhard Reheis
Partei = SPÖ
Gemeinderatanzahl =
Gemeinderat =
Wahljahr =Imst is a city in the
Austria n federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 55 km west ofInnsbruck and at an altitude of 828 m above sea-level. With a current population (2006) of around 11,400, Imst is the administrative centre of Imst District.History
Licensed since
1282 to hold a regular market, Imst received fulltown rights in1898 .Luge track
In 1958, the first artificially refrigerated track was completed at Imst. [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf 1964 Winter Olympic Games official report.] p. 180. de icon - accessed March 8, 2008] The track was 1000.9 meters long with 17 turns and a vertical drop of 124.8 meters, giving the track an average grade of 12.48%. No turn names were given for the track.
It hosted the
FIL World Luge Championships in 1963 and 1978 [ [http://sports123.com/lug/mw-s.html FIL World Luge Championships men's single results since 1955] ] and it hosted theFIL European Luge Championships in 1956, 1971, and 1974. [ [http://sports123.com/lug/me-s.html FIL European Luge Championships mens's singles results since 1914] ]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.Notes and references
* [http://www.imst.tirol.gv.at/ Official Imst town council website] (in German)
* [http://www.tiscover.at/at/guide/5,en,SCH1/objectId,RGN524154at,tisindex,1/home.html Imst-Gurgltal tourist site]
* [http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/cgi-bin/sos/jsp/retrieve.do?cat=/542_current_activity2&fn=ZZ6V_4_news_050624_confedFIFA_en&lang=en&nav=5.4&site=ZZ Website of SOS-Kinderdorf international]
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