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Axams is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in Tyrol (Austria) with 6193 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022). The municipality lies in the judicial district of Innsbruck.The municipality is located in the western low mountain range about 10 km southwest of Innsbruck and about 300 m above the valley floor of the Inntal. South of the main village are the Axamer Lizum and the Kalkkögel, which still belong to the municipal area.

Culture and sights

    Catholic parish church Axams, north connected the chapel of St. Michael, in the cemetery surrounding the parish church, mortuary chapel and stations of the cross on the cemetery wall
    Baderbühel Chapel
    Linden Chapel, also called St. Sebastian's Cemetery Chapel, and consecrated in 1637
    Chapel of St. John the Baptist in Lizum
    Chapel in the hamlet of Omes
    Chapel in Wollbell

Associations
There are over 60 registered associations in Axams.

Folk theater
Theater performances in Axams go back to the 16th century. The existence of a "Spieltenne" in 1613 is known.

Sport

The Axamer Lizum, which can be reached via a road of about 8 kilometers, was the venue of alpine competitions on the occasion of the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 and 1976.