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Ranggen is located in Austria
Ranggen
Ranggen
Location in Austria
Country Austria
State Tyrol
District Innsbruck Land
Area
 • Total 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Elevation
826 m (2,710 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
6175
Area code 05232
Vehicle registration IL
Website www.ranggen.at

Ranggen is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 12 km west of Innsbruck. The location was mentioned as “Fergen” in 1482 for the first time. Ranggen has 17 parts.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1869 361 —    
1880 347 −3.9%
1890 355 +2.3%
1900 346 −2.5%
1910 344 −0.6%
1923 348 +1.2%
1934 357 +2.6%
1939 342 −4.2%
1951 364 +6.4%
1961 400 +9.9%
1971 479 +19.8%
1981 569 +18.8%
1991 703 +23.6%
2001 839 +19.3%
2011 972 +15.9%
2018 1,072 +10.3%

Geography

Ranggen is situated in a hollow of the Inn valley terrace, west of Innsbruck or in the eastern continuation of the Inzinger mountain. The actual Ranggen village area is divided into an outer, upper and lower village. In addition, there are alley-like condensations and hamlets that characterize the image of the cultural landscape. A special feature of the settlement geography is the Ferklehen manor (located on the valley floor near Unterperfuss), whose name is derived from "Fergen", which originally meant the right to look after the Inn ferry at Zirl. After the construction of the Inn bridge (1482), the Fergen right then referred to bridge maintenance. The Rettenbach flows through Ranggen. The highest mountain is the Rangger Köpfl with 1939 m.

History

In the Middle Ages and early modern times, the Premonstratensian monastery of Wilten (Innsbruck) had significant possessions in Ranggen. It kept its own archive drawer for this under the designation "Lutzlranggen" (from Middle High German lützel, lützelig = small, little), which is linguistically depicted today in the local place of Itzlranggen.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Ranggen para niños

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