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{{See also|Lędyczek|label 1=Lędyczek, Poland, formerly called '''Landeck in Westpreußen'''}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name            = Landeck
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| settlement_type = [[Municipality (Austria)|Municipality]]
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| subdivision_type  = Country
| subdivision_name  = [[Austria]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States of Austria|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[District (Austria)|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Landeck District|Landeck]]
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| utc_offset        = +1
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| registration_plate = [[Vehicle registration plates of Austria|LA]]
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| postal_code        = 6500
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| area_code      = 05442
| website   = [http://www.landeck.tirol.gv.at www.landeck.tirol.gv.at]
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'''Landeck''' ({{IPA|de|ˈlandɛk|-|De-Landeck.ogg}}) is a [[town|city]] in the [[Austria]]n state of [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]], the capital of the district of [[Landeck District|Landeck]].

==Geography==
Landeck is located in the [[Tyrolean Oberland]] in the west of the state at an elevation of about {{convert|820|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The town is situated in the valley of the [[Inn (river)|Inn]] River at the confluence with the [[Sanna (Inn)|Sanna]] tributary, between the [[Lechtal Alps]], part of the [[Northern Limestone Alps]] in the north, and the [[Ötztal Alps]] and [[Samnaun Alps]] ranges of the [[Central Eastern Alps]] in the south.  

The Inn valley is an important transport route from Tyrol to the west across the [[Arlberg]] massif. In the south, the [[Reschen Pass]] at the [[main chain of the Alps]] leads to the [[Vinschgau]] region in Italian [[South Tyrol]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Landeck (1971–2000)
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|width = auto
|Jan record high C = 16.3
|Feb record high C = 18.9
|Mar record high C = 23.7
|Apr record high C = 27.0
|May record high C = 31.6
|Jun record high C = 33.5
|Jul record high C = 37.2
|Aug record high C = 35.8
|Sep record high C = 31.4
|Oct record high C = 25.8
|Nov record high C = 20.4
|Dec record high C = 16.5
|year record high C = 37.2
|Jan high C = 2.6
|Feb high C = 6.0
|Mar high C = 11.0
|Apr high C = 14.5
|May high C = 19.8
|Jun high C = 22.3
|Jul high C = 24.6
|Aug high C = 24.1
|Sep high C = 20.4
|Oct high C = 15.2
|Nov high C = 7.1
|Dec high C = 2.7
|year high C = 14.2
|Jan mean C = -1.4
|Feb mean C = 0.3
|Mar mean C = 4.2
|Apr mean C = 7.6
|May mean C = 12.7
|Jun mean C = 15.3
|Jul mean C = 17.4
|Aug mean C = 16.8
|Sep mean C = 13.2
|Oct mean C = 8.5
|Nov mean C = 2.5
|Dec mean C = -0.6
|year mean C = 8.0
|Jan low C = -4.1
|Feb low C = -3.3
|Mar low C = -0.1
|Apr low C = 2.7
|May low C = 7.1
|Jun low C = 9.8
|Jul low C = 11.8
|Aug low C = 11.8
|Sep low C = 8.8
|Oct low C = 4.6
|Nov low C = -0.4
|Dec low C = -3.1
|year low C = 3.8
|Jan record low C = -20.5
|Feb record low C = -17.1
|Mar record low C = -17.0
|Apr record low C = -6.0
|May record low C = -3.6
|Jun record low C = 0.5
|Jul record low C = 4.0
|Aug record low C = 3.4
|Sep record low C = -1.4
|Oct record low C = -5.5
|Nov record low C = -14.5
|Dec record low C = -18.5
|year record low C = -20.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 43.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 44.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 43.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 37.0
|May precipitation mm = 59.3
|Jun precipitation mm = 94.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 106.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 107.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 67.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 46.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 54.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 49.9
|year precipitation mm = 753.6
|Jan snow cm = 28.5
|Feb snow cm = 34.9
|Mar snow cm = 12.5
|Apr snow cm = 2.3
|May snow cm = 0.0
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.0
|Oct snow cm = 0.3
|Nov snow cm = 12.6
|Dec snow cm = 21.3
|year snow cm = 112.4
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.9
|Feb precipitation days = 6.0
|Mar precipitation days = 6.7
|Apr precipitation days = 7.0
|May precipitation days = 10.4
|Jun precipitation days = 12.6
|Jul precipitation days = 13.0
|Aug precipitation days = 13.2
|Sep precipitation days = 9.3
|Oct precipitation days = 6.9
|Nov precipitation days = 8.1
|Dec precipitation days = 7.8
|year precipitation days = 107.9
|time day = 14:00
|Jan humidity = 63.7
|Feb humidity = 52.8
|Mar humidity = 44.3
|Apr humidity = 43.0
|May humidity = 44.8
|Jun humidity = 48.1
|Jul humidity = 48.0
|Aug humidity = 50.5
|Sep humidity = 50.5
|Oct humidity = 53.7
|Nov humidity = 64.1
|Dec humidity = 69.5
|year humidity = 52.8
|Jan sun = 71.6
|Feb sun = 103.1
|Mar sun = 148.0
|Apr sun = 147.1
|May sun = 183.8
|Jun sun = 160.9
|Jul sun = 191.0
|Aug sun = 191.5
|Sep sun = 158.9
|Oct sun = 131.8
|Nov sun = 74.1
|Dec sun = 44.6
|year sun = 1606.4
|source 1 = [[Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics]]<ref name = ZAMG>{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm
| archivedate = 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-Landeck
| language = German
| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
| accessdate = 29 October 2019}}</ref>
}}

==History==
[[File:Schloss-landeck-landeck-tirol.jpg|thumb|left|Landeck Castle]]
In [[Ancient Rome|ancient]] times, the ''[[Via Claudia Augusta]]'' ran across the Reschen Pass and through the Inn Valley Landeck, connecting the Roman ''[[Italy (Roman Empire)|Italia]]'' peninsula with the ''[[Raetia]]'' province conquered in 15 BC. Throughout the [[Middle Ages]] the valley remained an important junction of trade routes leading to [[Augsburg]] via the [[Fern Pass]] and westwards across the Arlberg. From the late 13th century onwards the [[Meinhardiner]] counts of [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]] controlled the area from their stronghold at Landeck Castle.

Until 1867 Landeck (then spelled ''Landek'') formed part of the [[Habsburg monarchy]] ([[Austrian Empire]] from 1804), except for a short period during the Napoleonic wars (1806-1814) when it was ceded to the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] along with the rest of Tyrol. From 1867 (following the [[compromise of 1867]]) it formed part of the [[Cisleithania]]n (Austrian) part of [[Austria-Hungary]]; the spelling was also changed to ''Landeck'' in that year. After 1893 the name was officially changed again to ''Landeck in Tirol''. Throughout these periods it was the capital of the district of the same name, one of the 21 ''{{lang|de|Bezirkshauptmannschaften}}'' in the [[County of Tyrol|Tyrol]] province.<ref>Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967</ref>

From 1782 a first [[pass road]] was built across the Arlberg at the behest of Emperor [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]]; it was significantly enlarged until 1824. Landeck received access to the Arlberg railway in 1883. In 1904 it was elevated to the status of a [[market town]], and finally was granted [[town privileges]] in 1923.

Landeck was also used as a military base for Austrian mountain troops before the second world war, later, they became a unit of the German Wehrmacht.

During the Austrian ''[[Anschluss]]'' to [[Nazi Germany]], Landeck was merged with neighboring [[Zams]] in 1939; however, both municipalities again split after [[World War II]]. Landeck was also the site of a [[United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration|UNRRA]] [[displaced person camp]] in the French sector of [[Allied-occupied Austria]].<ref name="Eisterer">{{cite book  
  | last =Eisterer 
  | first =Klaus 
  | title =Französische Besatzungspolitik Tirol und Vorarlberg 1945/46-Innsbrucker Forschungen zur Zeitgeschichte Band 9  
  |publisher = Haymon Verlag 
  | year =1991 
  | location =Innsbruck 
  | language =German 
  | page =104}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1869|1398
|1880|1537
|1890|1944
|1900|2227
|1910|3569
|1923|4106
|1934|4113
|1939|5542
|1951|5615
|1961|6514
|1971|7475
|1981|7317
|1991|7411
|2001|7632
|2011|7713
}}
{{clear-left}}

==Personalities==
* [[Raoul Schrott]] (born 1964), author
* [[Anna Schuppe]] (1829-1903), author and composer

== Transport ==
[[File:Landeck, viadukt in de stad foto1 2012-08-14 12.39.jpg|Landeck, viaduct in the town|thumb|200px|left]]
[[Landeck-Zams railway station|Landeck-Zams station]] is an important hub for regional coach lines as well as a noteworthy stop for international trains on the [[Arlberg railway]] from the Tyrolean capital [[Innsbruck]] via the [[Arlberg Railway Tunnel]] to [[Bludenz]] in [[Vorarlberg]]. Landeck is also the terminus of the parallel [[Inn Valley Autobahn]], which continues as ''S 16 Schnellstraße'' to the [[Arlberg Road Tunnel]] in the west.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Landeck (Tyrol)}}
* [https://archive.today/20130131113501/http://www.pixpast.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&p=14546 alte 1939 und 1940 agfacolor farbdias aus Landeck. (vintage color slides)]

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[[Category:Populated places on the Inn (river)]]