Leutasch is a municipality in the northern part of the district Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol about 30 km northwest of Innsbruck and 10 km northwest of Seefeld in Tirol Geography The village lies in the Leutaschtal, a high valley that extends for over 16 kilometres from the Hohe Munde to the northeast along the Wetterstein Mountains and ends at the Leutasch Gorge, which forms the border with Germany at Mittenwald. The valley is framed by other prominent peaks such as the Hochwanner, the Dreitorspitze and the Arnspitze. The valley is a large rock basin formed by glaciers of the Ice Age and filled with gravel and lake sediments. The Leutascher Ache river flows through it. The Gaistal valley leads between the Wetterstein and Mieming Chain to the west to the Ehrwald Alm. Leutasch is protected to the south from the warm föhn and to the north from the cold by the Wetterstein. From the west, snow clouds have easy access through the Gaistal valley. This gives Leutasch very reliable snow conditions, with a mild summer climate at the same time. The settlement extends along the road in numerous hamlets. Leutasch was much more influenced by agriculture than the neighbouring region around Seefeld and was therefore able to preserve a cultural landscape of meadows and pastures with wetlands to the present day. Subdivisions The municipality of Leutasch consists of the village of Leutasch itself and 24 other villages, hamlets and scattered houses. The municipality divides into three groups: Oberleutasch ("Upper Leutasch"), with Ahrn, Aue, Emmat, Gasse, Kirchplatzl, Klamm, Kreith, Lehner, Moos, Obern, Ostbach, Plaik, Platzl, Seewald, Weidach (with Unter-, Oberweidach), Föhrenwald. Unterleutasch ("Lower Leutasch"), with Burggraben, Lochlehn, Puitbach, Reindlau, Schanz, Unterkirchen Neuleutasch ("New Leutasch"), comprising Lehenwald and Boden-Niederlög, already near Scharnitz The municipality has no obvious main settlement; the council is based in Kirchplatzl, which is also referred to as 'Leutasch' or 'Oberleutasch' (or vice vers, the name 'Leutasch' with the entire area of Oberleutasch). At Kirchplatzl is also the parish church of Oberleutasch, the second priest and parish church of the municipality, Unterleutasch, is in Unterkirchen. The village of Weidach is the tourist centre. History There is no evidence of human settlement in the Leutash area before the middle of the 12th century. The area on the river Leutasch is first mentioned in writing in 1278 in connection with a foundation by the Bavarian nobleman, Bernard of