Municipality · Tyrol
Thaur: living near Innsbruck
Thaur lies about 7 km east of central Innsbruck. By public transport you reach Maria-Theresien-Straße in about 29 minutes. Recent sales in the Innsbruck-Land district came to €4,345/m², over all building ages.
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History & character
From the Bronze Age to Today in Thaur
Thaur is a municipality with a long history, dating back to the Bronze Age. A burial field indicates that the area was already settled around 1000 BC. The name Thaur may originate from the Celtic language, meaning 'rock, mountain pass'. Thaur was first mentioned in a document in 827. In the Middle Ages, salt extraction played an important role, and the Thaur Castle served as a court seat in the 13th century. Today, only ruins of the castle remain. The baroque pilgrimage church Romedikirchl and the remnants of the once-impressive castle shape the local landscape. Despite the pressure of settlement due to proximity to Innsbruck, Thaur has preserved its rural character. The municipality is known as a popular residential area and offers a pleasant quality of life in a picturesque setting at the eastern foot of the Nordkette.
Transit connections
Lines and modes from OpenStreetMap, frequency from the timetable (IVB and ÖBB): local stops within walking distance, stations counted a little wider. As of: October 2026.
Access · travel time
Where can you get from here, by which mode, to which destination? The map colours every location in the municipality by real travel time (dark = fast).
Real travel time per inhabited location (250 m grid, clipped to the real municipality boundary) to destinations in Innsbruck. Transit from the schedule router (Day = peak, Late = after 11pm), bike/walk/car over the street network (car computed without traffic, so rush hour takes correspondingly longer).
Leisure & culture
What makes the area lively: culture, green space, nightlife and sport.
- Museums & galleries
Krippenverein Thaur, rundumTHAUR
- Libraries
Bücherei der Gemeinde Thaur
- Sports
Modellflugplatz MSV Thaur
Publicly accessible culture and leisure venues within the municipality boundary, better-known first.
Climate & environment
On hot summer days, local cooling matters. Some water nearby brings a bit of cooling.
Where trees or woody vegetation grow, from satellite imagery (Copernicus, 5 m, 2021 data), including gardens and woods.
Light & shadow
Check the light anywhere. Type an address or click the map, pick a floor and drag through the day. The buildings cast their real shadows. Pan the map to explore.
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Real building heights (OpenStreetMap footprints with heights from the BEV laser scan), sun hours and shadows from sun position and geometry. How much of it reaches you also depends on orientation and windows. Terrain is included, from the official elevation model out to 12 km: a mountain to the south takes the winter sun just as the house opposite does. Where the sun only grazes a ridge, the figure remains an approximation. In the Inn valley the winter sun reaches only 19 degrees at midday, while the mountains and slopes to the south rise 10 to 23 degrees above the city. Measured for 21 December on a third floor, the terrain costs a good two hours in Hötting, almost three in the city centre, a little over three at Sieglanger and almost four in the middle of Amras. At the foot of the slope below Schloss Ambras it takes all of the direct sun: the slope stays above it all day, only just at midday.
What does living here cost?
Prices actually paid, per political district. Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Immobilien-Durchschnittspreise 2025. What living in Innsbruck costs →
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Frequently asked questions
How well connected is Thaur by public transport?
From Thaur you reach Maria-Theresien-Straße in the centre of Innsbruck in about 29 minutes by public transport.
Where can I find flats and commercial space in Thaur?
You can browse available homes and commercial spaces in Thaur in the wohnwahn search, each honestly rated for location, climate, greenery and commute.