Terfens

Terfens lies in the Lower Inn Valley 20 km east of Innsbruck. The 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.{{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}}

The arms were granted on September 3, 1974. The name is derived from a Celtic word for oak or acorn.{{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}} The coat of arms contains five pairs of acorns fesswise in pale Or.{{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}}

Neighbourghing municipalities of Terfens are Weer, Kolsass, Weerberg, Pill, Fritzens and Kolsassberg.{{cite web|title=Terfens|url=https://www.austria-navigator.at/terfens-6123-tirol.html|website=Österreich Navigator}}

The 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.220. 1796–2016. Bezirksmusikfest Terfens 2016. 1. bis 3. Juli. Calendar of Bundesmusikkapelle Terfens.

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.

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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.

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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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} The church was renovated in 1994.

Terfens is famous for having an upside-down house which has become a tourist attraction.[http://www.hausstehtkopf.at/en Upside Down House], website of the attraction, viewed on the 12th of August 2016 It was built in 2012 by two Polish architects.{{cite web|title=Upside Down House in Austria|url=http://unusualplaces.org/upside-down-house-in-austria/|website=Unusual Places|accessdate=12 August 2016}}

The spouses Paul Unterkircher and Karola Unterkircher, who committed bomb attacks in South Tyrol (Pfunderer Buam or Ein Tirol) with the goal of having South Tyrol become a part of Austria again instead of remaining Italian{{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=}} lived in Terfens. The municipal council of Terfens campaigned for the pardon of Karola Unterkirchers after she was arrested.{{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=}}

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