Imst
title: "Imst" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bobsleigh,-luge,-and-skeleton-tracks", "sports-venues-in-austria", "lechtal-alps", "cities-and-towns-in-imst-district", "populated-places-on-the-inn-(river)", "mieming-range"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imst" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Imst |
| native_name | Imscht |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Johanneskirche 2011.JPG |
| imagesize | 270px |
| image_caption | Saint John's Church in Imst in August 2011 |
| image_shield | Wappen at imst.svg |
| shield_size | 80x110px |
| pushpin_map | Austria |
| pushpin_mapsize | 270 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location within Austria |
| image_map | Imst im Bezirk IM.png |
| mapsize | 260x260px |
| map_caption | Location in the district |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Austria |
| subdivision_type1 | State |
| subdivision_name1 | Tyrol |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Imst |
| parts_style | para |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Stefan Weirather |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | |
| elevation_m | 827 |
| population_as_of | |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | CET |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| registration_plate | IM |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 6460 |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| area_code | 05412 |
| website | www.imst.tirol.gv.at |
| :: |
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Imst (; Southern Bavarian: Imscht) is a town in the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. It lies on the River Inn in western Tyrol, some 50 km west of Innsbruck and at an altitude of 828 m above sea level. With a current population (2018) of 10,504, Imst is the administrative centre of Imst District.
History
Licensed since 1282 to hold a regular market. Until 1918, the town (named earlier also JMST) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Austria side after the compromise of 1867), head of the district of the same name, one of the 21 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in the Tyrol province.
Imst received full town rights in 1898.
Schemenlaufen
Every four years Imst hosts their Fasnacht, or carnival before Lent. This carnival is listed by UNESCO as one of their Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. As part of Schemenlaufen pairs of men wear bells, tuned differently, while performing dances of jumps and bows. They are accompanied by masked characters imitating their dance.
Luge track
In 1958, the first artificially refrigerated luge track was completed at Imst. The track was 1000.9 m long with 17 turns and a vertical drop of 124.8 m, giving the track an average grade of 12.48%. No turn names were given for the track.
It hosted the FIL World Luge Championships in 1963 and 1978 and it hosted the FIL European Luge Championships in 1956, 1971, and 1974.
SOS Children's Village
In 1949 Hermann Gmeiner founded the first SOS Children's Village in the Sonnberg district of Imst. The SOS-Kinderdörfer organization now runs over 450 such villages worldwide.
Climate
|collapsed=y |metric first= Y |single line= Y |width = auto |Jan record high C = 17.0 |Feb record high C = 17.0 |Mar record high C = 22.0 |Apr record high C = 25.0 |May record high C = 33.0 |Jun record high C = 34.1 |Jul record high C = 34.6 |Aug record high C = 33.7 |Sep record high C = 30.2 |Oct record high C = 25.3 |Nov record high C = 21.0 |Dec record high C = 17.0 |year record high C = 34.6 |Jan high C = 1.9 |Feb high C = 4.8 |Mar high C = 10.0 |Apr high C = 13.4 |May high C = 18.9 |Jun high C = 21.3 |Jul high C = 23.6 |Aug high C = 23.3 |Sep high C = 19.4 |Oct high C = 14.4 |Nov high C = 6.5 |Dec high C = 2.2 |year high C = 13.3 |Jan mean C = -2.8 |Feb mean C = -1.1 |Mar mean C = 3.1 |Apr mean C = 6.6 |May mean C = 11.9 |Jun mean C = 14.6 |Jul mean C = 16.6 |Aug mean C = 16.1 |Sep mean C = 12.3 |Oct mean C = 7.5 |Nov mean C = 1.4 |Dec mean C = -2.0 |year mean C = 7.0 |Jan low C = -6.1 |Feb low C = -5.0 |Mar low C = -1.5 |Apr low C = 1.4 |May low C = 6.0 |Jun low C = 9.1 |Jul low C = 11.1 |Aug low C = 10.9 |Sep low C = 7.6 |Oct low C = 3.2 |Nov low C = -2.0 |Dec low C = -5.1 |year low C = 2.5 |Jan record low C = -22.0 |Feb record low C = -18.2 |Mar record low C = -19.8 |Apr record low C = -7.1 |May record low C = -5.4 |Jun record low C = 0.6 |Jul record low C = 3.5 |Aug record low C = 2.0 |Sep record low C = -3.3 |Oct record low C = -7.5 |Nov record low C = -19.6 |Dec record low C = -21.4 |year record low C = -22.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 45.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 43.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 46.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 37.6 |May precipitation mm = 63.2 |Jun precipitation mm = 93.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 116.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 116.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 69.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 47.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 55.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 54.0 |year precipitation mm = 788.9 |Jan snow cm = 19.0 |Feb snow cm = 24.0 |Mar snow cm = 9.1 |Apr snow cm = 1.8 |May snow cm = 0.0 |Jun snow cm = 0.0 |Jul snow cm = 0.0 |Aug snow cm = 0.0 |Sep snow cm = 0.0 |Oct snow cm = 0.2 |Nov snow cm = 8.6 |Dec snow cm = 15.6 |year snow cm = 78.3 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 7.1 |Feb precipitation days = 6.2 |Mar precipitation days = 8.0 |Apr precipitation days = 7.4 |May precipitation days = 10.7 |Jun precipitation days = 13.5 |Jul precipitation days = 13.4 |Aug precipitation days = 13.8 |Sep precipitation days = 9.5 |Oct precipitation days = 7.3 |Nov precipitation days = 8.6 |Dec precipitation days = 8.7 |year precipitation days = 114.2 |time day = 14:00 |Jan humidity = 67.0 |Feb humidity = 55.3 |Mar humidity = 44.0 |Apr humidity = 42.0 |May humidity = 42.9 |Jun humidity = 46.7 |Jul humidity = 48.1 |Aug humidity = 49.9 |Sep humidity = 51.3 |Oct humidity = 53.8 |Nov humidity = 64.7 |Dec humidity = 72.3 |year humidity = 53.2 |Jan sun = 77.9 |Feb sun = 112.3 |Mar sun = 140.8 |Apr sun = 138.4 |May sun = 167.3 |Jun sun = 167.0 |Jul sun = 179.1 |Aug sun = 185.7 |Sep sun = 165.2 |Oct sun = 145.9 |Nov sun = 95.0 |Dec sun = 78.6 |year sun = 1653.2 |Jan percentsun = 36.5 |Feb percentsun = 47.9 |Mar percentsun = 47.4 |Apr percentsun = 43.3 |May percentsun = 46.3 |Jun percentsun = 44.9 |Jul percentsun = 47.9 |Aug percentsun = 53.7 |Sep percentsun = 54.4 |Oct percentsun = 52.0 |Nov percentsun = 41.5 |Dec percentsun = 43.1 |year percentsun = 46.6 |source 1 = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm | archive-date = 12 October 2019 | url = http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm | title = Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Tirol-Imst | language = de | publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics | access-date = 20 October 2019}}
Sons and daughters of the town
- Theodor von Hörmann (1840–1895), landscape painter
- Friedrich Heinrich Suso Denifle (1844–1905), church historian, Dominican, professor in Graz
- Alfons Gorbach (1898–1972), politician (ÖVP), Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1961 to 1964
References
- Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967
- So late? Reference appreciated.
- "Schemenlaufen".
- [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/orw1964.pdf 1964 Winter Olympic Games official report.] {{webarchive. link. (2012-02-07 p. 180. {{in lang). de – accessed March 8, 2008
- [http://sports123.com/lug/mw-s.html FIL World Luge Championships men's single results since 1955] {{webarchive. link. (2007-12-18)
- [http://sports123.com/lug/me-s.html FIL European Luge Championships men's singles results since 1914] {{webarchive. link. (2006-11-15)
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