Wörgl

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map_captionLocation within Kufstein district
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameAustria
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Tyrol
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Kufstein
parts_stylepara
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMichael Riedhart
area_footnotes
area_total_km2
elevation_m511
population_as_of
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population_total
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timezoneCET
timezone_DSTCEST
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utc_offset_DST+2
registration_plateKU
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code6300-6302
area_code_typeArea code
area_code043-5332
websitewww.woergl.at
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It is known for the "Miracle of Wörgl" in the 1930s, a local currency experiment credited with reviving the local economy in an economic depression.

Population

|align=left |1869|1080 |1880|1485 |1890|2319 |1900|3126 |1910|4232 |1923|4155 |1934|4196 |1939|4689 |1951|6247 |1961|6828 |1971|7937 |1981|8598 |1991|10041 |2001|10885 |2011|12645

Transport

Wörgl is a railway junction on the line between Innsbruck and Munich, as well as the inner-Austrian line to Salzburg. Its railway station has been designated as a Hauptbahnhof () since 10 December 2006.

European route E641 connects Wörgl with Salzburg. The E45 and E60 routes (Austrian autobahn A12) pass through Wörgl. File:Bahnhof Wörgl alt.jpg|Wörgl railway station in 1900 File:Wörgl Gare 1965.jpg|Wörgl railway station in 1965

History

The Wörgl Experiment

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Freigeld1.jpg" caption="demurrage]] stamps from Wörgl"] ::

Wörgl was the site of the "Miracle of Wörgl", beginning on 31 July 1932 during the Great Depression. Beginning with the issuing of "Certified Compensation Bills", a form of local currency commonly known as Stamp Scrip or Freigeld. This was an application of the monetary theories of the economist Silvio Gesell by the town's then-mayor, .

The experiment resulted in a growth of employment and meant that local government projects such as new houses, a reservoir, a ski jump and a bridge could all be completed, contrasting with much of the depression in the rest of the country. Inflation and deflation are also reputed to have been non-existent for the duration of the experiment.

Despite attracting great interest at the time, including from French Premier Edouard Daladier and economist Irving Fisher, the "experiment" was ended by Austria's central bank Oesterreichische Nationalbank on 1 September 1933, so that the federal government would maintain a monopoly on the country's legal tender.

British economist John Maynard Keynes thought that "future economics will learn more from Gesell's ideas than from Marx's".

In 2006, milestones were placed across the town to commemorate this event.

World War II

The nearby Itter Castle (8 kilometres (5 miles) away from Wörgl) was the site of one of the last European battles of World War II. The castle had been seized from Grüner by SS Lieutenant General Oswald Pohl under the orders of Heinrich Himmler on 7 February 1943. The transformation of the castle into a prison was completed by 25 April 1943, and the facility was placed under the administration of the Dachau concentration camp.

The Battle for Itter Castle took place on 5 May 1945, with surrendered Wehrmacht troops, the United States Army, Austrian Resistance fighters and former French political prisoners fighting against the 17th Waffen-SS Panzer Grenadier Division. The leader of the surrendered Wehrmacht troops, Major Josef Gangl, was killed during the battle by a sniper and is buried in Wörgl's municipal cemetery. Sepp Gangl-Straße is a street in Wörgl named after Gangl. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Woergl_Denkmal_Brunner.jpg" caption="de]]] and [[Josefine Brunner]] in Wörgl"] ::

Waldemar von Knoeringen's [de] resistance network against the Nazi Party was based in Wörgl. Commemoratives plaques and memorials have been established in the town, including to resistance member Josefine Brunner.

Twin towns – sister cities

Notable people

Gallery

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References

References

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  2. Boyle, David. (2002). "The Money Changers: Currency Reform from Aristotle to E-cash". Earthscan.
  3. (2003). "The Making of National Money: Territorial Currencies in Historical Perspective". Cornell University Press.
  4. Felber, Christian. (2010). "Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie". Deuticke.
  5. "Meilensteine - home".
  6. Harding, Stephen. (2013-05-07). "The Last Battle: When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe". Da Capo Press.
  7. (2015-05-07). "The Austrian castle where Nazis lost to German-US force". BBC News.
  8. "Sepp-Gangl-Straße – Heimat Wörgl".
  9. Trebbin, Ulrich. (2023-02-28). "Die unsichtbare Guillotine: Das Fallbeil der Weißen Rose und seine Geschichte". Verlag Friedrich Pustet.
  10. Stadtarchiv, Team. (2023-02-23). "Roter Widerstand".
  11. (2025-01-25). "Gedenktafel für Alois und Josefine Brunner am Vorplatz des Bahnhofs Wörgl".
  12. Stoff, Sebastian David. ""Gedenktafel für die Wörgler Opfer des Widerstandes, der religiösen und rassistischen Verfolgung am Kirchhof Wörgl: Alois und Josefine Brunner, Stefan Valentinotti, Josef Gangl, Rudolf und Elisabeth Gottlieb und Anna Gründler"".

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