Umhausen is a municipality in the
Imst District 
of state of Tyrol in western Austria. It and is located 17 km southeast of Imst at the
Ötztaler Ache 
in the Ötztal. It has 3078 inhabitants.
Geography
The municipality consists of six villages:
- Umhausen
- Tumpen
- Köfels
- Farst
- Niederthai
- Östen
Umhausen is located at the intersection of the
Stubai Alps 
and the
Ötztal Alps 
. The lowest point is in Tumpen (920m), the highest peak of the municipality is the
Strahlkogel 
, at 3,288 m (AA). Its name comes from its great, white, light-reflecting, quartz layers, which allegedly cause the mountain to "radiate" (
strahlen).