Lans, Tyrol
municipality in Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria
Lans is a town in the district of Innsbruck Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The village is located 8 km (15 minutes by car) south of the city of Innsbruck.
Lans is located on the old salt road and was first mentioned in 1180 as "Lannes". The main attractions are the lake Lanser See, several good restaurants and the health center Lanserhof. In summer, the golf resort Sperberegg is an additional attraction.
Population
International relations
Lans is twinned with Boutigny-sur-Essonne, France since April 23, 1961.
Villages and towns in the vicinity
Aldrans, Ellbögen, Innsbruck, Patsch, and Sistrans
Personalities
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn lived and died in Lans.
Heinrich C. Berann died in Lans
Christian Berger comes from Lans.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Lans, Tyrol” as municipality in Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as municipality in Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q688344. VIAF identifies the subject as 12145424494986831130. Authority coordinates are 47.238, 11.431. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1180 and 1961.
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