Easy hikes and walks around Zirl

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The Roman Catholic parish church of Zirl is in the Unterdorf in the market town of Zirl in Tyrol. The parish church of the Holy Cross belongs to the deanery of Telfs in the diocese of Innsbruck. The church and the cemetery are listed monuments. It was founded in the 19th century under the direction of Cons. Peter Alois Auer and Frühmesser Alois Moriggl built. The church painter Franz Plattner and Josef Arnold the Younger designed the entire interior with frescoes in powerful, bright colors. The work occupied the painter for a long time, for example the ceiling frescoes were created between 1862 and 1874. Also noteworthy are the abstract decorative motifs that completely cover the walls of the church, as well as the gilded pulpit. The Zachäussingen in Zirl in front of the church has been part of the intangible cultural heritage in Austria since 2015. The dominant use of the round arch ranks the building among the neo-Romanesque buildings of the 19th century. Materials and construction techniques of the time made it possible to install much larger windows than would have been possible originally in Romanesque architecture. The incoming sunlight brings out the frescoes all the more powerfully. Gothic style elements can be found in the pointed arches of the altar and the pulpit, but these harmonize with the overall building. The church vault adorn u. a. Depictions of the birth and resurrection of Christ. Immediately above the altar is the Holy Trinity, together with Mary, the prophets of the Old Testament, the four evangelists and surrounded by the people of the faithful. The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and the raising of Lazarus are found on both sides of the choir . The artist succeeds in creating an impressive interplay between sunlight and fresco on the left side of the choir, which depicts Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Around noon, the sun's rays bathe the Messiah and the people in his immediate vicinity in an almost glaring light. Those waiting for him, desperately hoping, whose most urgent, all too understandable wish is of an earthly nature, remain – for the time being – shrouded in semi-darkness. The power and certainty of the coming salvation are thus presented together with worldly doubts, human toil and despair. The neo-Gothic interior with the high altar, six side altars, pulpit, choir stalls and confessionals was created around 1850/1860. The organ of the parish church goes back to a new building by Joseph Aigner (Schwaz) from the years 1851/52. The case , whose décor contains neo-Gothic elements, is typical of Aigner in terms of its design language and can easily be compared with other instruments in his workshop. The superstructure is divided in two so as not to completely cover the windows behind the organ. In 1948/49 and 1981 it was originally 30 registers comprehensive instrument rebuilt, both works were carried out by the company Reinisch-Pirchner (Steinach am Brenner). The work carried out in 1981 includes a.o. the expansion of the pedal range to 30 tones, as well as the renewal of the front pipes and the game system. The fronts of the manual lower keys are decorated with parchment strips decorated with gold in the Aigner manner. The organ has 28 registers, distributed over the Hauptwerk , Unterwerk and Pedal .

Martinsbühel Castle, sometimes also referred to as Martinsbühel Castle or Sankt Martinsberg, is a renovated hilltop castle between the Inn and the Martinswand in the municipality of Zirl in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tirol. The Martinsbühel is a low hill east of Zirl at the foot of the Martinswand. It rises at 616 m above sea level. A. around 30 meters over the Inn. It was already settled in the Latène period, later the Roman fort Teriolis was located here. The hill was also important in the Middle Ages because of its strategic location on the Inn ferry and the road from Innsbruck to the Upper Inn Valley and to the Seefelder Sattel. At the site of the late Roman Teriolis fort and the former road block, a castle was built over the ruins of the fort in the early Middle Ages. In 1290 Heinrich von Aufenstein enfeoffed Ludwig von "sant Marteinsberg bei Zierlen". After the nobles of Martinsberg died out, Martinsberg fell to Prince Meinhard II of Tirol. Martinsbühel was originally intended to be the widow's residence of Margarete Maultasch, who had kept St. Martinsberg in addition to Ambras Castle and two castles in South Tirol when Tirol was handed over to the Habsburgs in 1363. Rudolf IV von Habsburg prevented Margarete Maultasch from remaining in Tirol. In the 15th century it became a hunting lodge for Duke Friedrich with the empty pocket or for Archduke Sigismund the Coin-Rich. The hunting lodge was also expanded by Emperor Maximilian I (a zoo, stables, farm buildings) and used as a starting point for show hunts in the Martinswand. The castle was mostly administered by aristocratic fiefdoms, around 1450 by the Mentlberg family. In the 17th century the facilities were neglected and later also sold by the government. The Benedictine Father and Prior Edmund Hager (1826–1906) from St. Peter's Monastery, founded the “Kinderfreunde-Benediktiner”; In 1888 he acquired the property of the early castle complex to build a monastery with the aim of building an educational institution and training center for boys based on the model of Don Bosco. In Martinsbühel, a home for apprentices was set up in 1895, in which young people who were considered neglected were trained in tailoring, shoemaking, locksmithing and gardening. After the expropriation by the National Socialists, there was a school in Martinsbühel from 1938 to 1945 for "difficult to educate children", then a home for South Tirolean emigrants and a prisoner-of-war camp. After 1947, the Benedictine nuns from Scharnitz, who belonged to the Melchtal mother monastery, ran a denominational girls' home in the buildings with an attached special school for mentally and physically disabled girls (the school was rebuilt in 1988). Against the nuns of this institution there are allegations of physical and sexual abuse of the children entrusted to them. From 1985 until the closure in July 2008, the one-year housekeeping school for girls was retained, which girls from other federal states could also attend and which were assigned by the respective youth welfare services of the federal states. Due to insufficient registrations, this facility was also completely closed and at the end of 2008 the last remaining nuns moved to the Benedictine monastery in Scharnitz. Since then, the building complex, including the school - this has been largely empty since 2010 - or is partly managed and inhabited by an estate manager (the artist Ferdinand Lackner). A media and publishing office can be found in the former special school. Around 1700 the palas of the castle, the adjacent St. Martin's chapel and the castle wall were still completely preserved, but other buildings had already become ruins. Today the rectangular Romanesque palace of the castle, which is built up from regular layers of stone, is also still fully preserved. The house has a half-hip roof and unplastered stone masonry; it probably dates from the first half of the 14th century. The walled up arched portal on the second floor of the south wall is remarkable. Romanesque windows and a double-fluted, pointed arched gate from the time of Archduke Sigmund the Rich in Coin can also be seen on it. The front is adorned with a double-headed eagle on a yellow background. There are still a few remains of the old barrier walls. The late Gothic St. Martin's Chapel next to it dates from the 15th century in its current form; At that time, under Emperor Maximilian, the ribbed vault was built and the presbytery was added. It is believed that this is the work of Niklas Türing the Elder, the court architect of Emperor Maximilian. The origins of the chapel go back to the 6th century; it is even assumed that Martinsbühel was temporarily the seat of the Rhaetian bishop Martinus-Marcianus (around 570 AD). In addition, the Martinskirche is said to be the oldest still existing church in North Tirol. The chapel was also rebuilt in the 17th century. The long building is now provided with a high gable roof, contains fresco paintings (serrated meanders, Heavenly Jerusalem and a holy bishop from the 12th century) and is adorned with a baroque bell rider. The last renovation took place in 1965. The property is still owned by the St. Peter's Monastery in Salzburg today. On July 24, 1703, an ambush was carried out on the Bavarian Elector Max Emanuel at Martinsbühel when he marched into Tyrol. But instead of him, the magnificently dressed Count Ferdinand von Arco (1643–1703), who was part of the company (and who was pro forma married to the Elector's mistress, Agnes Le Louchier,) was shot by mistake.

From here you have a beautiful view of the striking Martinswand. You can also see the Kaiser Max Grotto well. Below the Martinswand is the castle Martinsbühel, a former children's home.

Great views from the southern side of the river Inn of Martinsbuhel. This is an industrial area mined for its stone over the years. You can clearly see along the Martinswand and the Kaiser Max-Grotte.

Local race track for model cars and trucks