Pettnau is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 16.7 km west of Innsbruck north of the Inn River between Telfs and Zirl. It has seven parts and was founded around 1291.
Population
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1869
313
—
1880
280
−10.5%
1890
260
−7.1%
1900
261
+0.4%
1910
279
+6.9%
1923
264
−5.4%
1934
347
+31.4%
1939
334
−3.7%
1951
367
+9.9%
1961
386
+5.2%
1971
626
+62.2%
1981
761
+21.6%
1991
808
+6.2%
2001
977
+20.9%
2011
893
−8.6%
Sights
Worth seeing in Pettnau are the St. Georgskirche, which has been built in 1090 and the Mellaunerhof, the oldest inn in the Tyrol, as well as the sculpture garden of Bernhard Witsch.