Zirl, Tyrol

Zirl
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Coat of arms of Zirl Coat of arms
Zirl Location within Austria
Coordinates:
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Innsbruck Land
Government
• Mayor	Hanspeter Schneider (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	57.24 km2 (22.10 sq mi)
Elevation	622 m (2,041 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)
• Total	7,858
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	6170
Area code	05238
Vehicle registration	IL
Website	www.mg.zirl.at

Zirl is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 10 km west of Innsbruck at the bottom of a pass up the side of the Zirler Berg, leading to Seefeld and ultimately to Germany. The location was mentioned in documents in 799 for the first time. Zirl was tortured several times by inundations and fires but nevertheless the population has increased in the last years. The status „Market town“ was received in 1984.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,557	—
1880	1,514	−2.8%
1890	1,579	+4.3%
1900	1,566	−0.8%
1910	2,854	+82.2%
1923	1,778	−37.7%
1934	2,397	+34.8%
1939	2,523	+5.3%
1951	2,753	+9.1%
1961	3,165	+15.0%
1971	4,327	+36.7%
1981	4,583	+5.9%
1991	5,037	+9.9%
2001	6,120	+21.5%
2011	7,641	+24.9%

Sights

A remarkable sight is its parish church, richly adorned with frescoes.