Thiersee

Thiersee is a large municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 5 km west of Kufstein, below the northern border with Bavaria, Germany.

Geography
The municipality is embedded in a hilly landscape with many forets and streams Entities (Ortschaften) are (in brackets: inhabitants as of January 2023): The village Thiersee was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1224 and belonged to Bavaria until 1504. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was a peasant community without concerning traffic engineering. A street from Kufstein to Thiersee was built during World War I.
 * Almen (0)
 * Hinterthiersee (523), also a village
 * Landl (494), also a village
 * Mitterland (573)
 * Schmiedtal (201)
 * Vorderthiersee (1371), also a village

From 1946 to 1952, the village was center of the Austrian film production. Main sources of income at present are agriculture, passion play and tourism.