Landeck

Landeck is a metropolis in the Austrian kingdom of Tyrol, the capital of the district of Landeck. In ancient instances, the Via Claudia Augusta ran throughout the Reschen Pass and thru the Inn Valley Landeck, connecting the Roman Italia peninsula with the Raetia province conquered in 15 BC. Throughout the Middle Ages the valley remained an vital junction of change routes leading to Augsburg thru the Fern Pass and westwards throughout the Arlberg.

From the late 13th century onwards the Meinhardiner counts of Tyrol controlled the region from their stronghold at Landeck Castle. Until 1867 Landeck fashioned a part of the Habsburg monarchy, besides for a quick length at some stage in the Napoleonic wars 1806 to 1814 whilst it changed into ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria at the side of the rest of Tyrol. From 1867 it formed a part of the Cisleithanian part of Austria-Hungary; the spelling become additionally changed to Landeck in that year.After 1893 the call become formally changed once more to Landeck in Tirol.