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'''Terfens''' is a [[Municipality (Austria)|municipality]] in the [[Schwaz (district)|Schwaz]] district with 2116 inhabitants in the [[Austria]]n state of [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_PDF_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=104126|title=Statistik Austria Bevoelkerungszahlen 2016|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-12}}</ref> It is located about 20&nbsp;km northeast of [[Innsbruck]] in the [[Lower Inn Valley]].
==Geography==
Terfens lies in the Lower Inn Valley 20&nbsp;km east of Innsbruck. The [[Inn (river)|Inn]] forms the southern municipal boundary. On the north and east, the boundary is the brook of [[Vomperbach]], which flows into the Inn. Between the two is the small lake [[Weißlahnsee]].<ref name="gmaps">{{cite web |title=Terfens Abzw Weißlahn |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Terfens+Abzw+Wei%C3%9Flahn/@47.3246948,11.6499695,14.49z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x479d634f0af93903:0x74e4b5e47eda76ff!8m2!3d47.3199785!4d11.6450856 |website=Google Maps |publisher=Google, Inc. |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>
== Heraldry ==
The arms were granted on September 3, 1974. The name is derived from a Celtic word for oak or acorn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Terfens|title=Heraldry of the world Terfens|last=|first=|date=|website=www.ngw.nl|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-12}}</ref> The coat of arms contains five pairs of acorns [[fess]]wise in pale Or.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/at-t-ter.html|title=Terfens, Tirol (Austria)|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-12}}</ref>
==Neighbouring municipalities==
Neighbourghing municipalities of Terfens are Weer, Kolsass, Weerberg, Pill, Fritzens and Kolsassberg.<ref>{{cite web|title=Terfens|url=https://www.austria-navigator.at/terfens-6123-tirol.html|website=Österreich Navigator}}</ref>
== Customs ==
The [[Chapel (music)|Chapel]] of Terfens (Bundesmusikkapelle Terfens), a traditional brass orchestra, was founded in 1796 in the course of the reopening of the Maria Larch church. In 2016, the chapel had 55 active musicians.<ref>220. 1796–2016. Bezirksmusikfest Terfens 2016. 1. bis 3. Juli. Calendar of Bundesmusikkapelle Terfens.</ref>
In autumn it is custom to do an [[Almabtrieb]] from [[Engalm]] via [[Lamsenjoch]] and the streets of [[Vomp]] to Terfens, that means the cows from the Alm are brought with traditional flower decoration on their heads to the village.
[[File:Grasausläuten in Terfens.jpg|thumb|left|Grasausläuten in Terfens in the 1930s]]
Like in other municipalities of the district of Schwaz, there is the custom of [[Grasausläuten]] in spring. Boys of the village go through the village with bells in order to announce the end of winter.
== Architecture ==
[[File:Maria Larch.jpg|thumb|The church Maria Larch]]
[[File:Haus steht Kopf Vomperbach.jpg|thumb|Upside-down house in Terfens]]
One of Terfens' major landmarks is the Maria Larch pilgrimage church. The church was founded in 1678 in the former location of a statue of the Virgin Mary attached to a larch tree.<ref name="silberregion">{{cite web|title=Maria Larch pilgrimage church in Terfens|url=http://www.silberregion-karwendel.com/en/sehenswuerdigkeiten/kirchen-kloester/_s_maria-larch-pilgrimage-church-in-terfens_67|website=Silberregion Karwendel|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> The statue originates in 1665; it was put there because a farmer's wife prayed to the larch tree and when she told the story to a hermit called Johann Weiss, he created the clay statue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Larch Pilgrimage Church|url=http://www.hall-wattens.at/en/maria-larch-pilgrimage-church.html|website=Region Hall-Wattens|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> The church was renovated in 1994.<ref name="silberregion" />
Terfens is famous for having an upside-down house which has become a tourist attraction.<ref>[http://www.hausstehtkopf.at/en ''Upside Down House''], website of the attraction, viewed on the 12th of August 2016</ref> It was built in 2012 by two Polish architects.<ref>{{cite web|title=Upside Down House in Austria|url=http://unusualplaces.org/upside-down-house-in-austria/|website=Unusual Places|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref>
==Prominent figures==
The spouses Paul Unterkircher and Karola Unterkircher, who committed bomb attacks in South Tyrol ([[Pfunderer Prozess|Pfunderer Buam]] or [[Ein Tirol]]) with the goal of having South Tyrol become a part of Austria again instead of remaining Italian<ref>{{cite web|title=Früherer Südtirol-Aktivist Unterkircher ist tot|trans-title=|periodical=ORF Tirol|publisher=|url=http://tirv1.orf.at/stories/391814|format=|accessdate=2016-08-12|last=|date=|year=|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref> lived in Terfens. The municipal council of Terfens campaigned for the pardon of Karola Unterkirchers after she was arrested.<ref>{{cite web|title=630. Sitzung. Seite 74|trans-title=|periodical=Österreichisches Parlament|publisher=|url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/BR/BRSITZ/BRSITZ_00630/SEITE_0074.html|accessdate=2016-08-12|last=|date=|year=|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official Website}} {{in lang|de}}
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