Fendels

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Fendels

Total population

291

Elevation1352 m

Land area13.48 km²

Coordinates47.05°, 10.68°

Demographic figures from Statistik Austria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fendels is a municipality in the Landeck district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13 km south of Landeck on the upper course of the Inn River. The village was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1297. Until 1959 it was only reachable by cable car. The construction of a street helped the village to get connected. The main source of income is „gentle“ Winter tourism.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

H

Helmut Wechselberger

road bicycle racer

Hermann Raich

Catholic bishop (1934–2009)

Otto Neururer

Catholic priest (1882–1940)

Hubert Heiss

Austrian diplomat

Joseph Knabl

Austrian sculptor

M

Melchior Hefele

Austrian architect

A

Anton Sturm

German sculptor

H

Hans Illmer

Austrian architect and politician (1878-1936)

Engelbert Gitterle

Austrian sculptor (1931–2021)

Hans-Peter Bock

Austrian politician

Franz Anton von Zauner

Austrian sculptor (1746-1822)

L

Louis Zotz

Austrian priest (1903–1989)

J

Joseph Anton Schwarzmann

Austrian painter (1806-1890)

J

Joseph Ambrose Stapf

theologian

S

Stefan Falkeis

Caspar Jele

Austrian artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-27

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-22

Rose campion

Silene coronaria

Seen 2026-09-20

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-09-20

common polypody

Polypodium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-20

green spleenwort

Asplenium viride

Seen 2026-09-20

male fern

Dryopteris filix-mas

Seen 2026-09-20

Peach-leaved Bellflower

Campanula persicifolia

Seen 2026-09-20

willow gentian

Gentiana asclepiadea

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers