Forchach | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Austria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Austria |
Coordinates: | 47.4225°N 10.5922°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Austria |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tyrol |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Reutte |
Mayor: | Otto Riedmann |
Elevation M: | 910 |
Population Density Km2: | 21 |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code: | 6671 |
Area Code: | 05632 |
Blank Name Sec1: | License plate |
Blank Info Sec1: | RE |
Website: | www.riskommunal.net |
Forchach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Forchach is located in the Lech Valley, on the edge of Lechau. The municipality extends from the river Lech up to 2227 m high Schwarzhanskarspitze in the Lechtal Alps.
Forchach was first mentioned in 1200 as "Vorhach" (pine).
The community is based on agriculture, tourism and a small industrial sector.