Reutte is a market town and capital in the Reutte district of the
same name (also known as Ausserfern) in North Tyrol. Reutte is
located in the broad valley floor of the Lech between the Ammergau
Alps in the east and the Tannheimer Mountains (Allgäu Alps) in the
west.
The name Reutte is derived from clearing. The place was
already important in antiquity due to its location on the Roman road
Via Augusta over the Alps (Fernpass, from 46 AD). From 250 AD
Another trade route for salt transports from Reutte through the
Tannheimertal to Bregenz is established.
Around the year
1290, the construction of the Ehrenberg fortress begins at the
strategically important location.
In 1458 the first Lech
bridge was built in Reutte. 1489 the town was raised.
In
addition to agriculture, tourism is becoming increasingly important
in the area.
1 Franciscan monastery in
Reutte, the only monastery in Ausserfern.
The construction time
for the Franciscan monastery was from 1628 to 1630, but it was
looted by the Swedes as early as 1632 during the Thirty Years War,
in 1703 and 1846 the monastery burned down.
The interior of the
monastery church is rather simple.
Location: in the center of the
village.
Klausenkapelle Christ on the stone
2 Green House
Museum, Untermarkt 25, 6600 Reutte. Tel .: +43 (0) 5672 72304, fax:
(0) 5672 72305, email:
info@museum-reutte.at. Museum in a historic house from the
16th century. Works on the development of painting from the baroque
period to classicism, documentation on local history, rod guides on
the salt trade.
3 Ehrenberg ruins, in its heyday the castle is
part of one of the most important fortifications in Central Europe
and consists of four different parts: Ehrenberg Castle Ruins, Castle
Head Fortress, Klause and Fort Claudia.
It was not until 1782, under Emperor Josef II, that the
complex, along with all the other Tyrolean fortresses (except
Kufstein), was abandoned and then fell into disrepair. Since the end
of the last century, the decay of the complex has been stopped and
the ruins secured and renovated. The castle ruins are now used for
various events.
Location: on the castle hill south of Reutte.
There are numerous historical buildings in the village, many of
which have facade paintings.
District authority Reutte (Obermarkt
7)
Dengelhaus (Obermarkt 3)
By plane
The nearest international airports
are in Innsbruck (distance approx. 88 km) and to the north of Munich
Munich Airport (also "Franz Josef Strauss", distance approx. 169
km). The Allgäu Airport in Memmingen is also within reach (89 km).
Close to Reutte is the Reutte-Höfen airfield for gliders,
powered aircraft, helicopters and ULs; Info:
www.flugsportverein-reutte.at.
By train
Reutte
station is a station on the Ausserfernbahn, which runs from
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (in D) over the German-Austrian border,
Lermoos, Bichlbach, Heiterwang-Plansee, Reutte and Pfronten to
Kempten. Private page to KBS 976
In the street
From the
south, Innsbruck area: from the A12 towards Bregenz via Mötz and the
Fernpass to Reutte.
From the Munich area: on the A95 motorway via
Garmisch, Lermoos to Reutte.
From the Stuttgart area via the A8
towards Munich, from the Ulm junction on the A7 via Memmingen,
Kempten and Füssen to Reutte.
Around the city
The center of Reutte is the area around the monastery with the
Obermarkt (and Untermarkt).
In winter, a free ski bus runs
throughout the Reutte valley basin for all visitors with winter
sports equipment.