Fieberbrunn is a

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n state of

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

in the

Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (). Kitzbühel ...

district. It is located at , in the Kitzbühel Alps. Fieberbrunn is the most populous municipality in the

Pillerseetal The Pillersee Valley (german: Pillerseetal) is a valley in the district of Kitzbühel District, Kitzbühel in the Austrian state of Tirol (Bundesland), Tyrol, on the border with Salzburg (Bundesland), Salzburg state. Location and landscape The ...

valley. According to a legend, the fountain near its church, and later also the market town received the name ''Fieberbrunn'' (''fever well'') when Tyrolean

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Margarete Maultasch was healed from fever after drinking from it. Previously the market town was named ''Pramau''. Fieberbrunn is a

winter sports Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold area ...

resort and venue of international

snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

events (like ''Lords of the Boards''), as well as a

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and

mountaineering Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, a ...

resort in summer. Since 2006 Fieberbrunn is venue of a new event called ' SNOWFEVER', which is one of the biggest Big Mountain Events in Austria. It is also home of the churchjump. Schloss Rosenegg is nearby. The bathing lake of the Lauchsee is important for summer tourism.

Population

Gallery

File:Pillerseetal Kitzbüheler Horn 2011.jpg, from Fieberbrunn to the west, view of Pillerseetal, the Kitzbüheler Horn (left), Wilder Kaiser in clouds (right) File:Tussen Fieberbrunn en Sankt Johann, wegpanorama foto1 2012-08-07 16.25.jpg, between Fieberbrunn and Sankt Johann, panorama File:Fieberbrunn, water door dorp foto1 2012-08-07 16.46.jpg, Fieberbrunn, water through the village File:Fieberbrunn, Katholische Pfarrkirche in straatzicht1 foto2 2012-08-07 16.59.JPG, Fieberbrunn, church (Katholische Pfarrkirche) in the street

References

External links

Fieberbrunn, Pillerseetal

Fieberbrunn Info

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