Tarrenz

Tarrenz, Tirol, municipality in the district of Imst, alt. 836 m, pop. 2263 (1981: pop. 1962), area 74.64 km², situated near the point where Salvesental Valley joins the Gurgltal Valley, in the north-east of Imst. - Salvesen power station run by the Imst municipal public services (built in 1989, 2-2,5 MW), radioactive medicinal spring in Strad (Kneipp cure centre); brewery, DIY superstore, wood processing, summer tourism (77,833 overnight stays). - Tarrenz had already been settled by the time of the Hallstatt period and is situated near a Roman road; former seat of nail and scythe makers. Parish church with late Gothic core (around 1500, enlarged around 1730-1735, neo-Gothic alterations between 1882 and 1886); cemetery chapel with gravestone decorated with coat of arms (1556) and plague monument (1709); chapels; Neustarkenberg Castle (today brewery); houses with façade paintings; Altstarkenberg and Gebratstein castle ruins in the Salvesenklamm gorge. Strader See and Kropfsee lakes nearby.

Literature: W. Schatz, Chronik von Tarrenz, 1976.