Schwendt

Schwendt
Coat of arms
Schwendt Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°38′00″N 12°24′00″E
Country	Austria
State	Tyrol
District	Kitzbühel
Government
• Mayor	Sebastian Haunholter
Area
• Total	30.85 km2 (11.91 sq mi)
Elevation	702 m (2,303 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	823
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 2 (CEST)
Postal code	6385
Area code	05375
Vehicle registration	KB
Website	www.riskommunal.net/ schwendt

Schwendt is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 17 km north of Kitzbühel and 6 km below Kössen.

The name of the village comes from the old word "schwenden" (meaning to grub-up).

Agriculture and tourism are its main sources of income.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 394 —     1880 398 1.0% 1890 413 3.8% 1900 388 −6.1% 1910 352 −9.3% 1923 368 4.5% 1934 364 −1.1% 1939 346 −4.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1951 421 21.7% 1961 479 13.8% 1971 568 18.6% 1981 591 4.0% 1991 673 13.9% 2001 763 13.4% 2011 796 4.3%