Gallzein | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Gallzein Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 47°22′00″N11°46′00″E / 47.36667°N 11.76667°E Coordinates: 47°22′00″N11°46′00″E / 47.36667°N 11.76667°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Tyrol |
| District | Schwaz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Josef Brunner |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.68 km2 (4.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 825 m (2,707 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01) [2] | |
| • Total | 668 |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 6222 |
| Area code | 05244 |
| Vehicle registration | SZ |
| Website | www.gallzein.tirol.gv.at |
Gallzein is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.
Austria, officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in Central Europe comprising nine federated states. Its capital, largest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi), a population of nearly nine million people and a nominal GDP of $477 billion. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The terrain is landlocked and highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other regional languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.
Tyrol is a federal state (Bundesland) in western Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical Princely County of Tyrol. It is a constituent part of the present-day Euroregion Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino. The capital of Tyrol is Innsbruck.
