The history of Rum

The history of Rum, as it is for all Tyrolean towns and villages, is strongly influenced by the geographical location, because the land in the mountains, as it was characterised much earlier, is the gate to the south, and separates and yet connects two large areas (upper Italy and upper Germany).
Even though “Rumne” received its first documented mention between 1152 and 1159, the area was most certainly populated before Roman times. Rum was first named as an independent village in the year of 1313.

The area of Rum encompasses 856 hectares. Its highest point is the Rumer Spitze located at 2.454 m. Its lowest point is the river Inn at 563 m above sea level. The original village centre lies between 600 and 700 m, on an expanded debris cone of the Rumer Mur (Rum mudflow). It then becomes obvious, that the place name of Rum (earlier known as Rumme and / or Rumb) should be connected to the mudflow.

The place name Rum caused a number of researchers to rack their brains. The difficulty began with the fact that for a long time, it was not even known from which language the place name originated. Well known researchers assume that the word originates from Raetic or possibly even Etruscan, whereby they do not exclude the possibility that the little village actually has the same name as the metropolis - Rome.

The area of Rum encompasses 856 hectares. Its highest point is the Rumer Spitze located at 2.454 m. Its lowest point is the river Inn at 563 m above sea level. The original village centre lies between 600 and 700 m, on an expanded debris cone of the Rumer Mur (Rum mudflow). It then becomes obvious, that the place name of Rum (earlier known as Rumme and / or Rumb) should be connected to the mudflow.

The place name Rum caused a number of researchers to rack their brains. The difficulty began with the fact that for a long time, it was not even known from which language the place name originated. Well known researchers assume that the word originates from Raetic or possibly even Etruscan, whereby they do not exclude the possibility that the little village actually has the same name as the metropolis - Rome.