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Innsbruck
Innsbruck
Innsbruck
Coat of arms of Innsbruck
Coat of arms
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Statutory city
Area
 • Total 104.91 km2 (40.51 sq mi)
Elevation
574 m (1,883 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
6010–6080
Area code 0512
Vehicle registration I
Website innsbruck.at

Innsbruck is a city in Austria. About 120,000 people live there. It is the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It is one of the biggest cities of Austria. It has an area of 104.91 km2. The highest area is the Praxmarerkarspitze (2641m). The deepest one is the Inn near Ampass (565m).

Innsbruck is an internationally renowned winter sports centre, and hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. Innsbruck also hosted the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The name translates as "Inn bridge".

The name Innsbruck comes from the German words Inn, a river, and brücke, a bridge. It means "bridge over the Inn".

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  • Albrecht Dürer - View of Innsbruck - WGA7356

    View of Innsbruck by Albrecht Dürer, 1495 (from the North)

  • Schloß Ambras (Merian)

    Ambras Castle, 1679

  • Franz von Defregger 001

    Andreas Hofer with his Consultants at the Hofburg by Franz Defregger, 1879

  • Karte Innsbruck - Katastralgemeinden und Statistische Stadtteile

    Cadastral settlements (red) and wards (grey) of Innsbruck

  • Innsbruck - Hofburg2

    Imperial Hofburg (Kaiserliche Hofburg)

  • IA GoldenesDachl-A

    Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof)

  • Hofkirche Innsbruck 2

    Tyrolean Folk Art Museum next to the Hofkirche in Innsbruck

  • Cathedral of St. James Facade 1

    Innsbruck Cathedral (Dom zu St. Jakob)

  • Panorama insbruck4

    Panoramic view looking north to the Nordkette

  • BergiselInnsbruck2

    Bergiselschanze ski jumping facility

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    Innsbruck Airport

  • Trambahn in Innsbruck

    Trambahn in Innsbruck

  • Margaretha von Habsburg, duchess of Saxony

    Margaret of Austria

  • Portrait of Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle by Willem Key

    Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, 1561

  • Léopold duc de Bar et de Lorraine 00206

    Léopold, Duke of Lorraine

  • WP Josef Speckbacher

    Josef Speckbacher, 1891

  • Schwarz-Schilling1993 085

    Christian Schwarz-Schilling, 1993

  • Wenzl Weis - Karl Schönherr

    Karl Schönherr

  • Erwin Faber

    Erwin Faber, 1976

  • William Berger-1967

    William Berger, 1967

  • 2015-04-29-AliceTumler

    Alice Tumler, 2015

  • Вілібальд Бессер

    Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser

  • Roderich Menzel 01

    Roderich Menzel, 1934

  • USIS - Hermann Buhl

    Hermann Buhl, 1953

  • Chateau ambras

    Ambras Castle

  • Zeughaus-innsbruck

    Armoury

  • Innsbruck 2 108

    City Tower (Stadtturm)

  • Helblinghaus3

    Helblinghaus

  • Innsbruck Flusspromenade

    Innsbruck from the Inn river (looking towards Nordkette)

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    Maximilian's Cenotaph and the Black Men in the Court Church

  • Goldenes Dachl 3950109736 571225b427 b

    Old Town (Altstadt) with the Goldenes Dachl

  • Innsbruck Siebenkreuzkapelle 2

    Siebenkreuzkapelle

  • IA TirolerLandesmuseum A

    Tyrolean State Museum (Tiroler Landesmuseum)

  • Innsbruck-Basilique de Wilten

    Wilten Basilica

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