Westendorf, Tyrol

Westendorf
Coat of arms of Westendorf Coat of arms
Westendorf Location within Austria
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Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Kitzbühel
Government
• Mayor	Anton Margreiter
Area
• Total	95.52 km2 (36.88 sq mi)
Elevation	783 m (2,569 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	3,652
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6363
Area code	05334
Vehicle registration	KB
Website	www.westendorf.tirol.gv.at

Westendorf is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.7 km west of Kitzbühel and 12 km southeast of Wörgl in the Brixental valley. The community is a popular ski resort as well as a popular location for Summer tourism especially for excursions and walking-tours. Westendorf was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1234. It has 21 village parts.

Geography

Westendorf lies on a sunny terrace of the Brixental valley, at the foot of the Choralpe. The parish consists of a clustered village (Haufendorf) and other hamlets and farmsteads in the surrounding area, as well as an industrial estate. To the south the Windautal, a popular recreation area, branches off.

A large part of the parish is wooded or used for agricultural purposes.

Rivers: The Brixentaler Ache and the Windauer Ache flow through the parish.

Mountains: Important mountains are the Hohe Salve (1,828m), the Steinbergstein (2,215m), the Kröndlhorn (2,444m) and the Brechhorn (2,032m).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,324	—
1880	1,370	+3.5%
1890	1,300	−5.1%
1900	1,367	+5.2%
1910	1,605	+17.4%
1923	1,648	+2.7%
1934	1,802	+9.3%
1939	1,783	−1.1%
1951	2,034	+14.1%
1961	2,228	+9.5%
1971	2,681	+20.3%
1981	2,810	+4.8%
1991	3,157	+12.3%
2001	3,454	+9.4%
2011	3,597	+4.1%

External links

• Westendorf Village website in English.