Sankt Johann in Tirol

St. Johann in Tirol is a marketplace metropolis in Tyrol, Austria, inside the Kitzbuhel district. In the regional ductus, the ultimate syllable of the call is burdened as Sankt yo-Hahn. St. Johann is situated in the Leukental, which extends from Jochberg to the Streichen near the Bavarian border. This vicinity changed into already settled within the 4th century BC by way of a Celtic tribe, the Ambisontiers, who pursued copper mining within the surrounding mountains.

In 15 BC the Romans conquered the Eastern Alpine vicinity and the Leukental became a part of the Roman province of Noricum. Following the downfall of the West Roman Empire in 476 AD the area went to the Duchy of Bavaria within the 7th century in the wake of the European migrations and as end result of the settlement of the Germanic tribe of the Bavarii. In the following centuries the nobles of the House of Liuchinger, after whom the Leukental is named, installed a county within the valley. The Liuchingers lived at Leukenstein Castle, that is placed on the foot of the Niederkaiser.