Thiersee

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Thiersee
Coat of arms of Thiersee
Coat of arms
Thiersee is located in Austria
Thiersee
Thiersee
Location within Austria
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Location within Kufstein district
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Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Kufstein
Government
 • Mayor Hannes Juffinger (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 108.61 km2 (41.93 sq mi)
Elevation 678 m (2,224 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
 • Total 2,844
 • Density 26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 6335
Area code 05376
Vehicle registration KU
Website www.thiersee.
tirol.gv.at

Thiersee is a large municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km west of Kufstein, below the northern border with Bavaria, Germany.

The village was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1224 and belonged to Bavaria until 1504. At the beginning of the 20th century Thiersee was a peasant community without concerning traffic engineering. A street from Kufstein to Thiersee was built during World War I.

From 1946 to 1952, the village was centre of the Austrian film production. Main sources of income at present are agriculture, passion play and tourism.

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