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The district of Schwaz has been an administrative unit since 1868. The settlement and employment centres are located in the Inntal in the main district town of Schwaz, which became wealthy in the Middle Ages through its silver mines, and the market community of Jenbach. While the main valley is marked through its industry and is easily reachable, tourism plays an important role in the big side valleys of the Achental and the Zillertal which were once dominated by farming and which are isolated in their innermost regions. The Achensee Steam Rack-Railway runs from Jenbach to the Achental and to the southern tip of the Achensee. The lake that used to drain off naturally to the north into the Isar, now has water drawn from it in the south to supply the Achensee-Wasserkraftwerk hydro-electric power plant in Jenbach. The Zillertalbahn railway runs along the Zillertal as far as Mayrhofen. Reservoirs in the Zillertaler Alpen deliver the necessary water for the production of electricity in a number of power stations along the river Ziller. The Ziller also forms the boundary between the Diocese of Innsbruck and the Archdiocese of Salzburg. Among the biggest industrial firms in the district are the Jenbacher Werke, Darbo in Stans, Swarovski in Wattens, Alko-Kober in Zell am Ziller, the Adler-Werke in Schwaz and Derfeser in Vomp.

Tirol Atlas image No.°5955
Schwaz
Tirol Atlas image No.°7560
Panorama of Schwaz and the Inntal Valley
Tirol Atlas image No.°4225
Jenbach, Unterinntal
Tirol Atlas image No.°6528
Castle Tratzberg
Tirol Atlas image No.°4568
Achenseebahn in Jenbach
Tirol Atlas image No.°5643
Pertisau, in the background Maurach and Eben am Achensee
Tirol Atlas image No.°5592
Achenkirch im Achental looking north
Tirol Atlas image No.°4630
Strass im Zillertal
Tirol Atlas image No.°5824
Mayrhofen
Tirol Atlas image No.°5680
Gerlos
Tirol Atlas image No.°6478
Schlegeisspeicher
Overview map
Topographic map
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