Umhausen#Landslide

The municipality consists of six villages:{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

• Umhausen
• Tumpen
• Köfels
• Farst
• Niederthai
• Östen

Umhausen is located at the intersection of the Stubai Alps and the Ötztal Alps. The lowest point is in Tumpen (920m), the highest peak of the municipality is the Strahlkogel, at {{Höhe|3288|AT|link=true}}. Its name comes from its great, white, light-reflecting, quartz layers, which allegedly cause the mountain to "radiate" (strahlen). It has the shape of a well-proportioned, steep and pointed pyramid. Ascending the Strahlkogel is difficult and it is thus only rarely visited, unlike the neighbouring 3,287-metre-high Breiter Grieskogel.

{{stack|File:Strahlkogel SW.JPG seen from the Breiter Grieskogel. The great bands of quartz on the south face are clearly visible.]]}}

File:Östen, die Wallfahrtskirche Maria Schnee Dm13585 IMG 0800 2019-07-31 10.52.jpg

{{Weather box

|location = Umhausen (1971–2000)

|single line = Yes

|metric first = Yes

|width = auto

|Jan record high C = 16.5

|Feb record high C = 17.2

|Mar record high C = 20.6

|Apr record high C = 23.3

|May record high C = 29.1

|Jun record high C = 31.0

|Jul record high C = 34.0

|Aug record high C = 34.0

|Sep record high C = 29.5

|Oct record high C = 23.1

|Nov record high C = 21.0

|Dec record high C = 16.6

|year record high C = 34.0

|Jan high C = 2.8

|Feb high C = 4.6

|Mar high C = 8.6

|Apr high C = 12.1

|May high C = 17.3

|Jun high C = 19.9

|Jul high C = 22.2

|Aug high C = 21.7

|Sep high C = 18.2

|Oct high C = 13.3

|Nov high C = 6.5

|Dec high C = 3.1

|year high C = 12.5

|Jan mean C = -2.6

|Feb mean C = -1.5

|Mar mean C = 2.2

|Apr mean C = 5.7

|May mean C = 10.6

|Jun mean C = 13.3

|Jul mean C = 15.4

|Aug mean C = 15.0

|Sep mean C = 11.4

|Oct mean C = 6.8

|Nov mean C = 1.2

|Dec mean C = -1.7

|year mean C = 6.3

|Jan low C = -6.1

|Feb low C = -5.4

|Mar low C = -2.1

|Apr low C = 1.0

|May low C = 5.3

|Jun low C = 8.2

|Jul low C = 10.4

|Aug low C = 10.2

|Sep low C = 7.0

|Oct low C = 2.9

|Nov low C = -2.1

|Dec low C = -5.0

|year low C = 2.0

|Jan record low C = -23.0

|Feb record low C = -21.0

|Mar record low C = -18.5

|Apr record low C = -8.3

|May record low C = -6.4

|Jun record low C = -0.3

|Jul record low C = 2.1

|Aug record low C = 1.3

|Sep record low C = -4.0

|Oct record low C = -9.5

|Nov record low C = -15.9

|Dec record low C = -19.8

|year record low C = -23.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 32.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 28.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 41.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 37.3

|May precipitation mm = 62.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 93.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 103.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 100.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 62.1

|Oct precipitation mm = 44.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 46.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 39.3

|year precipitation mm = 692.3

|Jan snow cm = 30.2

|Feb snow cm = 28.0

|Mar snow cm = 23.1

|Apr snow cm = 8.7

|May snow cm = 1.4

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.0

|Sep snow cm = 0.0

|Oct snow cm = 3.2

|Nov snow cm = 16.5

|Dec snow cm = 27.6

|year snow cm = 138.7

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 6.6

|Feb precipitation days = 6.1

|Mar precipitation days = 7.7

|Apr precipitation days = 7.9

|May precipitation days = 10.1

|Jun precipitation days = 12.6

|Jul precipitation days = 12.5

|Aug precipitation days = 12.3

|Sep precipitation days = 8.6

|Oct precipitation days = 6.9

|Nov precipitation days = 7.7

|Dec precipitation days = 7.6

|year precipitation days = 106.6

|time day = 14:00

|Jan humidity = 59.2

|Feb humidity = 52.0

|Mar humidity = 44.1

|Apr humidity = 41.7

|May humidity = 42.9

|Jun humidity = 46.4

|Jul humidity = 47.1

|Aug humidity = 49.2

|Sep humidity = 50.8

|Oct humidity = 53.0

|Nov humidity = 59.4

|Dec humidity = 65.1

|year humidity = 50.9

|Jan sun = 81.9

|Feb sun = 101.5

|Mar sun = 128.5

|Apr sun = 143.8

|May sun = 167.4

|Jun sun = 159.0

|Jul sun = 184.1

|Aug sun = 176.0

|Sep sun = 146.8

|Oct sun = 125.9

|Nov sun = 84.7

|Dec sun = 66.0

|year sun = 1565.6

|Jan percentsun = 54.1

|Feb percentsun = 58.0

|Mar percentsun = 57.0

|Apr percentsun = 52.6

|May percentsun = 51.1

|Jun percentsun = 47.4

|Jul percentsun = 54.9

|Aug percentsun = 57.5

|Sep percentsun = 62.4

|Oct percentsun = 62.2

|Nov percentsun = 52.2

|Dec percentsun = 48.9

|year percentsun = 54.9

|source 1 = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm

| archive-date = 12 October 2019

| url = http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm

| title = Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Tirol-Umhausen

| language = de

| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics

| access-date = 7 November 2019}}

}}

Umhausen was once{{when|date=April 2014}} a centre for cultivation of flax.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Today the main source of income is tourism. In the area of the community lies the tallest waterfall of Tyrol at 150 metres of height. The economy in Umhausen is a bit smaller than the economy in Längenfeld. It is supported by local craft enterprises. Moreover, the Vivea Gesundheitshotel Umhausen opened in 2011, which plays a large role in the local economy.{{Cite web|title=Umhausen|url=https://www.oetztal.at/en/economy/villages/umhausen.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=www.oetztal.at|language=de}}

The Köfels landslide was a gigantic landslide, known as a sturzstrom, that occurred in the Ötz valley 9800±100 years ago according to radiocarbon dating of trees buried by the event.Ivy-Ochs S, Heuberger H, Kubik PW, Kerschner H, Bonani G, Frank M, and Schlüchter C. (1998). The age of the Köfels event — relative, ¹⁴C, and cosmogenic isotope dating of an early Holocene landslide in the central Alps (Tyrol, Austria). Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, (34):57–70. It involved a 2.5 km horizontal displacement and 800 m vertical displacement of 3.2 km³ of rock and mud along the Ötz valley floor, making it the third largest known sturzstrom.Sørensena, SA and Bauer, B (15 August 2003). On the dynamics of the Köfels sturzstrom. Geomorphology, 54(1–2):11–19.Prager C, Zangerl C, Patzelt G, and Brandner R (2008). Age distribution of fossil landslides in the Tyrol (Austria) and its surrounding areas. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 8:377–407.

{{Historical populations

|align=none

|1869|1341

|1880|1366

|1890|1186

|1900|1175

|1910|1318

|1923|1368

|1934|1485

|1939|1528

|1951|1724

|1961|1834

|1971|2050

|1981|2298

|1991|2506

|2001|2830

|2011|3078

}}

Image:Umhausen - Blick auf den Farster Kopf (1992 m) mit der Ortschaft Farst.jpg worked here as a teacher in the 1960s]]

Image:Hedwig trapp.jpg]]

Hedwig von Trapp, a member of the singing von Trapp family, lived and worked as a music teacher in Farst, above Umhausen. She moved there in the 1960s to treat her asthma. The school building is still present.{{cite web | url=https://www.oetztal.com/summer/hiking-walking/places-of-strength.html | title=Hike & explore the most scenic Places of Strength | Ötztal }}

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