Imst

Imst in Tyrol, Austria

Imst is a city in Tyrol, Austria with approximately 9,000 inhabitants. It is located at [47°13′60″N, 10°43′60″E], 55 km west of Innsbruck, and an elevation of about 800 m in the west of Tyrol, on the river Inn. Imst is the capital of the district (Bezirk) Imst.

History

[Imst] (more in German) received the rights of a market town in 1282, and its city rights in 1898.

SOS Children's Village

In Imst the organisation SOS Kinderdörfer SOS Children's Villages was founded in 1949 by Hermann Gmeiner. The first SOS Children´s Village is located in the city´s part of "Sonnberg".

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